Reynard Eyes a Win Next Season

BAR's technical development director Adrian Reynard believes winning a race next season is a realistic aim, he said at the Autosport International 2001 in Birmingham.

The Honda-powered team finished fifth in last season's Constructors' Championship, with a fourth place as their best result.

However, Reynard hopes to put an end to Ferrari and McLaren's domination - they took all the victories during the 2000 season - though he reckons the task is not going to be easy.

"A win this year is our aim," Reynard said. "And I think that aim is a realistic one.

"It's pretty obvious that F1 is a two-horse race at the moment, and you've always got those four cars to beat which is really difficult. But we will be pushing hard to do that."

Reynard, who has been designing and building racing cars since 1973, also talked about how the current regulations in Formula One allow innovation, contrary to what many people believe.

"There is still plenty of room to innovate," he admitted. "Any change in regulations is an opportunity to find more performance than your rivals. Over the last few years the main areas everyone has worked on are aerodynamics, lowering the centre of gravity and electronics.

"The more rules they make, the more loopholes we will find."