Alain Prost is optimistic about him taking over the Ligier team. The report of yesterday was a bit premature. Prost commented: "Right now we are finalising our agreement with Flavio Briatore but the case is not over yet.

Martin Brundle will, after he had already got a job with the Arrows team, commentate the Formula One races this season on ITV together with Murray Walker. ITV landed the television rights from the FIA for an amount of 70 million pounds. The BBC used to cover Formula One but could not afford this deal.