Walkinshaw aiming for top ten

Arrows is aiming to break into F1's elite next season, according to team boss Tom Walkinshaw

Walkinshaw, who tasted success in 1988 and 1990 with Jaguar's Le Mans 24 Hours team, is hoping to emulate his sportscar success in Formula One.

The team has scored one point this season - Pedro de la Rosa's sixth place in the Australian Grand Prix - but has struggled since.

Walkinshaw said there would be no more excuses as his cars, boosted by a new Renault Supertec engine for 2000, aim for a place in next season's top 10.

'What's the point in shelling out cash to move from 18th or 19th to 16th or 17th,' said the Scot.

'The whole team needs to be picked up by the scruff of the neck and having the hell shaken out of them.

'It's damn difficult coming to races knowing our chances are slim.

'But next year will be the first time since I came here that we will have a top-class engine.

'Our new car will give us the chance to aim for a place in the top 10.'