Jordan supports Pollock on changes

Q. Eddie Jordan, what significance does it have for another owner when a team like Stewart is sold?

Eddie Jordan: I suppose it means there will be a lot more money in the bank ...and more seats on the private aeroplane.

To be serious, though, the trend may prove to be positive or negative: it depends on how far it goes.

One thing I will say is that Formula 1 is now at such a high commercial level that in cases where major manufacturers take over, there should be some agreement that the team is given back if the manufacturer later decides to pull out.

Normal owners like myself, people who have been in the sport for 30 years, have transparent objectives.

But the formula should have some protection to ensure that any manufacturer wishing to pull out should either sell back its team or promise to keep it alive.

Q. Do you agree with Craig Pollock that the team owners need to get together to discuss how to improve the show in F1?

EJ: Let's not get confused about this, because although Barcelona was a horribly boring race for everybody, there have also been some very exciting races this year.

There never has been much overtaking in F1, and there probably never will be. What we have to do is to make it exciting, and if that is what Craig was saying, then I support him.

You will see a hell of a good race here on Sunday because Canada has always developed into a good race, while Barcelona has always seen poor races.

Each of the teams here has already done between eight and ten thousand kilometres of testing at Barcelona, so you can read the conclusion for yourself. Reduce the testing.

Q. Specifically, do you agree with the drivers' demands for a return to slicks and wider tyres?

EJ: These drivers compete at very high speeds and they do the very best that they can. But we must be mindful of our duties, either as team owners or rules makers, to give them the safest possible cars.

I believe the present cars are extremely safe: they may not be very nice to drive - and I understand that among other things there are great variations between the tyres - but the regulations were put in place by the people who control this sport.

We all have a say in the rules, and we all sign to be bound by them when we race. I really don't know why we are all arguing about it, because those are the facts.