JACK BRABHAM FURY
Legend takes legal advice over name bust-up
GRAND PRIX legend Sir Jack Brabham may take legal action over the use of his name in F1 next year.
The Aussie three-times world champion, 83, has called in lawyers after discovreing a company aims to bring back the Brabham name to the grid in 2010.
German company Formtech - who also bought up assets of Super Aguri when the outfit folded last year.- owns the rights to the Brabham Grand Prix Ltd name and have filed an official F1 team entry for next year.
The Brabham family have released a statement making it clear it is in no way affiliated with the new entry. "Sir Jack Brabham and the Brabham family have expressed their surprise at the recent news reporting that an entry has been submitted for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship by Formtech with the intention of operating as Brabham Grand Prix Limited.
"The family would like to make it clear they are in no way involved with Brabham Grand Prix Limited and received no consultation regarding the company's plans to resurrect their historic name in Formula One.
"The family are taking legal advice and will take necessary steps to protect their name, reputation and their goodwill."
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SETE TO GO
TOUGH MOTOGP rider Sete Gibernau has amazed doctors by confirming he will be fit to race his home Grand Prix next weekend.
The 36-year-old Spaniard will be back at the controls of his Onde 2000 bike in for the Catalonia race - just 28 days after breaking his left collarbone for the THIRD time in a practice accident at Le Mans.
The Grupo Francesco Hernando rider, returning to MotoGP this season after two years in retirement, said: "I'm looking forward to getting back on the bike again, I can't promise that I'll be at full fitness, but I'm very motivated to get out there for the first practice.
"Unless I'm mistaken, I think that I was the first rider ever to win any kind of race at the track, way back many years ago. I've also had some great battles here, whether I got on the podium or not, fighting with Crivillé, Barros, Rossi - there's some great memories that I have of the circuit."
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BRIT OF A LOSS
BRITISH touring car chiefs are making savage cuts to team budgets for next season.
The price of a ready-to-race car will plummet from £200,000 to just £100,000, including the engine.
Series director Alan Gow said: "The broad concept for our 'Next-Gen' cars was that they should be larger than some current ones, be more exciting, faster, safer and also much cheaper to build, buy and maintain as well as provide a more 'level playing field', meaning even better, closer racing.
"These new cars tick all those boxes and more. Of course the best driver and team will still achieve the greatest success in our championship.
"But, as these new regulations will be much more restrictive on major expenditure, then a team's greater bank balance will not necessarily equate to greater success. And, in my view, that is exactly how it should be."
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