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[Linus27]

Well, answer me now

[nigel red5]

Linus, i suspect it will be mid-morning - most of them tend to be.
I took a look at the Jaguar website, but no info there.
Hoping to find a feed from it on the satellite system in the morning. If you`ve got sky news i suggest you get on there at about 20 past the hour for their sports news bit - they may have some clips from it. (12.20 & 1.20pm would be the best bet.)

[Zac]

From AtlasF1 news:
"The launch will take place on Tuesday 16th January at 11:30 GMT at the team's official web site at [url="http://www.f1jordan.com.""]http://www.f1jordan.com."[/url]

[Ross Stonefeld]

Forget about the F1 team, i just want to know who their F3 drivers are

[SchuMic]

Zac, wrong info! U're talking about Jordan not Jaguar.

Jaguar is today, should be now or in the coming minutes I guess.

SchuMic

[kober]

According to planet-f1.com: "The team are launching their 2001 challenger at the Whitney Engineering Centre near Coventry at 12:00 GMT."

[Zac]

Sorry - better get my eyes tested

[Gemini]

first info from http://www.formula1.com/

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Jaguar Racing today (Tuesday) launched their 2001 contender, the R2, at Jaguar Cars' Research and Development base in Whiteley, near Coventry, England. In a departure from last year's glamorous unveiling at Lords cricket ground, a small gathering of journalists were invited to the more basic event and were given the opportunity to preview the car as well as speak to the team's drivers and key technical members.
Jaguar was keen to emphasise that the overriding policy behind the design of the R2 was that it should be a strong and reliable contender, which was able to score points regularly. In light of this no radical or unproven ideas could be seen on the outfit's 2001 challenger. The gearbox and rear suspension, both of which proved to be weak spots on the R1, are very different and, aerodynamically, changes to the under body are expected to bring improved performances.

Although departed Technical Director, Gary Anderson, oversaw most of the work on the R2, his replacement, Steve Nichols, was keen to explain why he felt modification rather then redesign was the best method to bring improved performances. "I think race cars should inherently be pretty conservative," he said. "In fact, radical cars almost never win championships. You need to develop your radical ideas internally and test them to the point that they are absolutely bullet-proof. Then you can race them."

John Russell, who led the design team on the R2, expanded, "My policy has always been simplicity rather than engineering overkill," he stated. "It's difficult to strike the balance for between being over-adventurous and falling down and being too conservative and producing a car that's not quite competitive enough. However, I think it's critically important that we (Jaguar) demonstrate we are capable engineers, can manage ourselves and produce a car that's reliable and practical."

The change from the R1's shared oil system has dictated modifications to the gearbox, which proved a weak point on the cars last year. One difference on the R2's gearbox is the development of a seven speed box rather than six so that the car is allowed to operate at higher revs for a higher percentage of the time.

The rear suspension has also been altered to a more conventional design, to allow improved driveability on the racetrack. It is now constructed of bell crank dampers on the top and a twin wishbone, rather than a multi-link set-up. Cast titanium uprights have also been used for the first time. Although the front suspension is broadly the same as last year, some modifications have taken place.

"The rear suspension on the R1 was a little unconventional, which occasionally manifested itself in driveability issues," explained Nichols. "Now it's a little more conventional to eliminate the possibility of there being a problem in that area. Of course it has been tested on the R1B, which has allowed us to do a fair bit of development before adopting on the R2. We've made quite a lot of progress in regards to set-up and so on."

More to follow very soon.

[Ruud de la Rosa]

still no pictures, sutton will have pictures in a short while....

http://www.sutton-images.com

[andy_bee]

piccy in news section of http://www.jaguar-racing.com

[Slick]

http://www.keycast.c...1/launchR2b.jpg

picture of the new R2

[Megatron]

They look a lot more humble with the NO 18 rather than a low number like 7.

I see they now have AT&T as an associate. I think AT&T decided to dump the NASCAR BGN and go with real racing. Worldcom is under a restructure so I didn't think they would return.

Well, considering two yanks are the bosses and two yanks are the technical directors, I guess I should be cheering for them.

It does tick me off that they didn't give the F3 seat to Phil Giebler, but its not the end of the world.

[The Swerve]

Looks pretty boring to me - same as last year nearly.