However, once the Stewart team rebranded as Jaguar, Franchitti struggled and would leave the team at the end of a pointless 2000 season to race for Team Green in CART. Jaguar chairman Neil Ressler confirmed here yesterday that he will definitely test one of the current Jaguar R1 grand prix challengers later this summer, possibly at Silverstone. Jaguar was one of the team's targeted by Button's management as a home for their 20-year-old protege if, as expected, he is replaced in the Williams-BMW team by the reigning CART champion Juan Montoya. George Dario Marino Franchitti MBE (born May 19 1973 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland) is a retired British racing driver who, prior to a career in North American open-wheel series', was a test driver for Jaguar for the 2000 Formula One Season.His cousin, Paul di Resta, competed for Force India from 2010 to 2013. All those reference books and websites that believe motor sport starts and ends with Bernie’s fortnightly round will list the smallest career detail of any driver who … The 26-year-old Scot is also a protege of former Jaguar racing chairman Jackie Stewart driving for his team in the 1994 British formula three championship. This apparent influx of new talent leaves Button poised on the edge of an unpredictable driver transfer maelstrom which has started to swirl around the paddock much earlier than usual. Beyond that who knows. During the winter Franchitti broke his hip in a testing crash and in the early races this year he was not competitive but more recently he has been on the pace again and looking for victories in his Team Kool Green Reynard-Honda. "I expect to have my future plans sorted within the next two or three weeks," said Button yesterday. I've talked to him in the garage and he's very responsive. Franchitti to test for Jaguar Racing CART racer Dario Franchitti is to test for Jaguar Racing later this year with the intention of getting a drive in Formula 1 in 2001. He is very much in the image of Jaguar drivers and has the added bonus of being the fiance of Hollywood film star AshleyÊJudd. IndyCar. "If Jaguar decide in the future that I've done good job here then things might happen. Given Stewart's rounded polish, it is no surprise that Franchitti projects the same commercially attractive, spick and span public image which is shared by fellow Stewart pupil David Coulthard. Franchitti will also front a new video series charting the car’s development and be in charge of setting up customer track events. JENSON BUTTON's hopes of clinching a front line formula one drive next season were fading here yesterday after it emerged that US Champcar star Dario Franchitti is being tipped to replace Johnny Herbert in the Jaguar team next season. COULTHARD SIGNS NEW ONE-YEAR DEAL AT MCLAREN. Franchitti denies Jaguar deal is done SCOTLAND'S Dario Franchitti has denied reports that he is set to sign with Jaguar Formula One team. Franchitti, who on Wednesday completed a two-day test for the Milton Keynes based team at Silverstone, is expected to replace Johnny Herbert at Jaguar next season, but he claims the reports are a little hasty. Franchitti is also managed by the well-connected F1 manager and marketing specialist Julian Jakobi. SCOTLAND'S Dario Franchitti has denied reports that he is set to sign with Jaguar Formula One team. Eddie Jordan is determined to retain his current pairing of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli. "It will be interesting to see how it goes, taking into account his speed when he was racing Montoya.". His three-year contract runs out at the end of the year and Franchitti has never made any secret of the fact that he wants to return to European racing. In today’s Formula 1-obsessed world, the name of Dario Franchitti does not loom as large as it should. Jaguar Racing is a logical destination for Franchitti. As mentioned earlier, Dario Franchitti was one of the competitors who did make it out to Portugal. Jaguar XJR-10 - Chassis: 389 - Driver: Zak Brown / Dario Franchitti - 2020 Estoril Classics The Edinburgh driver has been racing in America since he left Europe in 1997 and was runner-up in the CART series last year to Juan-Pablo Montoya. Jaguar's interest in Franchitti is easy to understand. Dario Franchitti completed a test drive with Jaguar Racing today but said it was too early to say whether he would join the Formula One team. Dario Franchitti, född 18 maj 1973 i Bathgate i West Lothian i Skottland, är en brittisk racerförare som vunnit Indy 500 2007, 2010, 2012. Speaking at a press conference at the Northamptonshire track, the 27-year-old, who is currently competing in the US-based Champcar series, said: "I wanted to test a Formula one car again and Jaguar gave me the opportunity, it's as simple as that. Gary Anderson and Mark Hughes join Glenn Freeman to get stuck into subjects ranging from Dario Franchitti's doomed Jaguar test, what convinced Ferrari to ditch V12s for V10s (yay! Although Jackie Stewart is less involved than previously in Jaguar Racing, the team director Andy Miller knows Franchitti well and rates him highly, having run the Scot in Formula 3 in 1994 when Dario was one of Stewart's drivers in the "StaircaseÊof Talent" scheme. Three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti is to join Gordon Murray Automotive to help develop the incredible T.50 supercar. This comes as a double blow to the young British driver now that it is clear that there is no potential seat available to him at Jordan which yesterday announced a works Honda engine supply deal to start in 2001. Jaguar was one of the team's targeted by Button's management as a home for their 20-year-old protege if, as expected, he is replaced in the Williams … Yet formula one insiders believe that Button is already out and the deal with Montoya is as good as done. ", BRITISH F1 GREATS CONVERGE ON SILVERSTONE, BARRICHELLO SHOWS STRUGGLERS A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS. He was very successful with Paul Stewart Racing in the junior formulae and went on to race for Mercedes-Benz in the International Touring Car Championship in 1995 and 1996 before going to America as a Mercedes-Benz driver. He shared driving duties with McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown in two of the latter’s classic racing cars: the aforementioned Capri and a GTP specification Jaguar XJR-10. The Edinburgh driver has been racing in America since he left Europe in 1997 and was runner-up in the CART series last year to Juan-Pablo Montoya. Franchitti's Jaguar hopes fade JAGUAR have said that ChampCar driver Dario Franchitti is unlikely to test for the team again this season. Franchitti, who on Wednesday completed a two-day test for the Milton Keynes based team at Silverstone, is expected to replace Johnny Herbert at Jaguar next season, but he claims the reports are a little hasty. "If things go well there is a possibility that something could happen, but at the moment it's just nice to test. Plans … He's eager to learn and I'm sure he's got a lot out of these two days. By 2010, Franchitti was racing full-time in IndyCar with Chip Ganassi Racing. CART racer Dario Franchitti is to test for Jaguar Racing later this year with the intention of getting a drive in Formula 1 in 2001. On the face of it, there seems to be an impending shortage of talent sufficiently experienced to handle an 800 horsepower formula one car so it is no surprise that some teams are turning towards the US Champcar scene to recruit promising names. The team has signed Pedro de la Rosa to test alongside Tomas Schekter and support drivers Eddie Irvine and Luciano Burti, and Franchitti is not likely to get a chance to test for the team this season. JENSON BUTTON's hopes of clinching a front line formula one drive next season were fading here yesterday after it emerged that US Champcar star Dario Franchitti is being tipped to replace Johnny Herbert in the Jaguar team next season. He has now made a full recovery and regained his competitive pace. Earlier this season he suffered a fractured left hip and pelvis, plus severe concussion, when he crashed his CART Reynard-Honda into the retaining wall at Florida's Homestead oval circuit during pre-race testing. He is well-known to Ford Motor Company executives in the UnitedÊStates. He added: "I've been watching Dario and he looks very good. Last year he dead-heated on points with Montoya in the CART title chase, the championship only going to the Colombian on the basis of more wins than his rival. At the end of 1997 he made the controversial decision to join Team Green on a three-year contract, using Honda engines. Frank Williams continues to cast doubt over whether or not Montoya will be released from his current contract with the Indianapolis-based Ganassi team for whom he is in the second year of a three year deal. Former Jaguar boss Jackie Stewart, however, added that Franchitti hasn't does his chances of landing a F1 drive any harm. "If Dario is going to make the move to formula one, it's got to be next year," said one Jaguar team insider. I've always said I want to drive in F1, but I've also got a lot of other options in America.".
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