Arrows confirms Verstappen
The Arrows team has confirmed that Dutch driver Jos Verstappen will drive their first car at least in 1996. The team will present the whole team on February 13 at Silverstone (England). Verstappen has said that Ricardo Rosset would have the 5 million dollars needed for the second seat. Money was the biggest problem for Verstappen, he didn't have enough to buy himself into a team, even with sponsors like Philips Car Systems and Marlboro, but because he did an outstanding job at the Arrows test session at Estoril (Portugal), he was about 3 seconds faster than the fastest driver at Arrows did last year, he got himself a seat.
The new Ligier JS 43 and the drivers: Panis and Diniz were presented today to the press in Monaco. Panis prolongs his contract with the team while Diniz drove with the Forti team last year. The team director, Walkinshaw, stated: "We want to get into the top three of the best Constructor in the next three years." The Ligier will be powered by Mugen-Honda V-10, just like last year.