It will continue to be run from Milton Keynes and cannot have any distractions.”McLaren have been successful because Ron Dennis and his team have no distractions. Ferrari have failed to deliver the kind of success that might have been expected of them considering their resources for a variety of reasons – interference, politics.”Frank Williams will come back because of Frank’s total focus Paul is now in that position at the age of 34. I can see Paul taking the team forward and challenging Ron and Frank in the future.”Jaguar’s green car will be driven by Northern Ireland’s Eddie Irvine, runner-up in last season’s world championship with Ferrari, and the Englishman, Johnny Herbert. I’ll be involved in strategy and working with the sponsors and the drivers.

I’ll also have more time for my family, my wife and our five grandchildren.”Stewart’s retreat will renew conjecture about a new, charismatic leader of the racing team. David Richards, head of Prodrive, and the former team principal of Benetton, has frequently been linked with the Ford-funded Formula Oneeffort. Stewart, however, always maintained that he was establishing the grand prix team for his son to take on, and that remains his vision.Stewart Snr said: “Ford know we have created a ready-made package. For the past four years I’ve worked harder than I’ve worked in my entire life, 18 and 19 hours a day.

That’s not good for me or for the company.”I’m not running away I’ll still be around, and at a lot of the races. However, he is adamant that this was his decision.He said: “I wasn’t pushed at all. Like every other decision of my life, I believe the timing is right. I retired from racing at the right time and I sold the team at the right time I’ve regretted nothing.”I am 60 years of age.

The man who won three world championships as a driver and sold his team to Jaguar’s parent company, Ford, for a reported £60m, had decided it was time to drop himself down the order.The title of chairman passes to Neil Ressler, Ford’s chief technical officer, but Stewart is projecting his son, Paul, the team’s chief operating officer, to lead the attack on McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari.Stewart Snr’s future had long been a subject of speculation in motor racing circles. Jackie Stewart always had a sense of timing and drama, and he chose an appropriate occasion and setting to produce one of his more momentous performances yesterday.
He stepped into the middle at Lord’s – well, a stage erected adjacent to the north London cricket ground, at any rate – and declared, effectively undefeated, as head of the Formula One team he created three years ago.His announcement overshadowed all else at the launch of the first Jaguar grand prix car. Jackie Stewart always had a sense of timing and drama, and he chose an appropriate occasion and setting to produce one of his more momentous performances yesterday. I love Scotland and as I travel the world I am keen to get across what Scotland really stands for, our great achievements in the past and our future capabilities.”Donald Dewar, Scotland’s First Minister, said of Montgomerie: “His skill and achievements make him a tremendous ambassador.”. December and the early part of January is my off-season and I don’t think I am going to change that.

I don’t feel the need to play a tournament at that time of year.”Els said: “It depends on the year I have and the New Year’s Eve party I have,” while Denmark’s Ryder Cup player Thomas Bjorn said: “It should be moved back and it’s a shame you won’t get the top 64, but I’m in a different situation to Ernie and Olly – I can’t pick and choose.”Colin Montgomerie, the winner of the European Order of Merit for the past seven years, has become Scotland’s first ambassador in a campaign to raise the country’s profile around the world.Montgomerie will carry a distinctive logo on his golf bag to promote “Scotland the Brand” and carry out a number of duties including speaking at business functions.He said: “It is a tremendous honour. The 18-year-old from Hampshire diverted from Johannesburg, where he finished 37th in the South African Open on Sunday, to Australia after hearing of the withdrawals of the Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jean-François Remesy of France.
Those scratchings promoted Rose, fourth at the 1998 Open at Royal Birkdale when still an amateur, to first reserve for the £730,000 event which includes the Masters champion, Jose Maria Olazabal, the Open champion, Paul Lawrie, Ernie Els and Greg Norman.As the Heineken Classic is a co-sanctioned event between the Australasian and European Tours, however, Rose will play only if it is another European Tour member who withdraws from the event.The tournament is Olazabal’s first outing of the season and he made it clear today that the thought of returning to Australia for New Year next year does not excite him.The 2001 season opens with the £3m Andersen Consulting World Matchplay Championship in Melbourne starting on 3 January, but Olazabal has joined the chorus of disapproval about the date.The chances of the world’s top 64 players travelling to the event appear to be receding fast with Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood and a number of Americans having also voiced their unhappiness about the event’s timing.Olazabal said: “I might not be there. Justin Rose is hoping for a late call-up to the Heineken Classic beginning in Perth tomorrow. The 18-year-old from Hampshire diverted from Johannesburg, where he finished 37th in the South African Open on Sunday, to Australia after hearing of the withdrawals of the Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jean-François Remesy of France. Justin Rose is hoping for a late call-up to the Heineken Classic beginning in Perth tomorrow. A 10-year association with Cobra which earned him a reported £20m when the company was taken over in 1996 has come to an end and Norman has signed a deal with Acushnet, makers of Titleist equipment.. I want to finish off my career playing to the level I know I can.