Prost wanted to borrow de la Rosa, says Lauda.
Jaguar's Niki Lauda has revealed that Alain Prost contacted him before the San Marino GP as he wanted to 'borrow' Pedro de la Rosa as he was unhappy with the form shown by Gaston Mazzacane.
Lauda told the BBC: "Just before Imola Alain Prost rang me and asked 'is there a possibility'. Because he was not happy with Mazzacane. He (Prost) asked if he could borrow de la Rosa back and let him race for him and test for Jaguar. I told him very simply this is not possible because we want to use de la Rosa in his full way of testing. I think we found a deal that is good for everybody."
Jaguar's Niki Lauda has revealed that Alain Prost contacted him before the San Marino GP as he wanted to 'borrow' Pedro de la Rosa as he was unhappy with the form shown by Gaston Mazzacane.
Lauda told the BBC: "Just before Imola Alain Prost rang me and asked 'is there a possibility'. Because he was not happy with Mazzacane. He (Prost) asked if he could borrow de la Rosa back and let him race for him and test for Jaguar. I told him very simply this is not possible because we want to use de la Rosa in his full way of testing. I think we found a deal that is good for everybody."
He continued by saying Jaguar will only make a big step forward with a brand new car. Lauda added: "All we can do now is improve the aerodynamics of the existing car which we are consistently doing - but my worry is let's say we find half a second in our aerodynamics, the other teams will also have developed their cars."
"So I think with the existing car, even if we do all the development possible between every fortnight's race, we will end up hopefully between eighth and 12th on the grid or somewhere like this. Really to make the next step forward you need a brand new car."
