Friday March 24th, 2000

Johnny Herbert returned to the country where he made his Formula One debut 11 years ago to experience another day of frustration with the limping Jaguar team on Friday.

Herbert and team mate Eddie Irvine both failed to adapt to the hot conditions and their cars at the Interlagos track.

Irvine clocked the 13th best time and Herbert the 21st of 22.

"We still have an awful lot to do in terms of hard work, but we are making some progress," said Irvine. "I lost some time and that is the first thing we need to put right."

Herbert, whose car failed in the second session, said: ~Things were going okay for me and it was just such a shame we had to stop with just half-an-hour to go.

"We were trying a couple of things, but didn't manage to go back and make comparisons, so it's still mediocre at the moment. There's still a lot to be done.

"We had the same problem with the final drive that we had in Australia, but this time it stopped me completely. Hopefully we'll qualify in the top eight - in the end."