Frentzen Confident Arrows Will Race in Germany

Heinz-Harald Frentzen is confident his Arrows team will be able to compete at this weekend's German Grand Prix after failing to do so in France one week ago.

The debt-ridden Leafield-based squad only completed three laps in the French Grand Prix's qualifying session as team boss Tom Walkinshaw continued with crucial talks to secure the future of Arrows.

The FIA, Formula One's ruling body, issued a warning to the team this week telling them to avoid a repeat of the French farce, saying that they could be heavily sanctioned if they fail to make a serious attempt to qualify in Germany.

Frentzen, racing at his home Grand Prix for the first time in two years after he was sacked from Jordan right before last year's race, said Arrows are planning to work as they would normally do expecting to be able to take part in the Grand Prix.

"I don't think so," said Frentzen was asked if the team would face the same problems than in France. "I think we are ready to do this race in Hockenheim. We are going to plan everything as normal and I think we're racing here so preparation has been good. The cars are ready and we're looking forward to it.

"I think Tom is trying to do all he can to keep the team together and I think that for everybody in the team it is a difficult time, so we are trying to solve this problem, we are trying to do our best as well as we can."

Walkinshaw was quoted in Thursday's edition of Britain's Autosport magazine as saying that the team had been prevented from running in France by legal advice.

"The legal advice is that we cannot do anything that substantially alters the financial situation of the team until this thing is negotiated and resolved," he said.

"If we had gone out and crashed like Jordan did then we would just have written off 750,000 pounds ($1.18 million) and there would have been a big fight about who would be paying for that."