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For suggesting Williams at survival risk

(GMM) Sam Michael has condemned former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan for suggesting that Williams may soon follow the yellow squad away from grand prix racing.

Michael, Williams' young technical director who worked for Jordan in the Silverstone team's 1999 heyday, slammed 'EJ' for failing to 'invest' in his once rising formula one team.

''He chose not to,'' Michael told Autosport, ''(but) if you look at Frank Williams he doesn't have boats ... he doesn't have Spanish villas, he doesn't have all that sort of stuff.

''Every cent Frank and Patrick (Head) have made in formula one they have tipped back in.''

Sam Michael thus spurned the theory that Sir Frank, after losing BMW's works support and failing to win a single race in 2005, is starting to resemble the plights of teams like Jordan, Sauber or Jaguar.

''We have just spent $50m on a wind tunnel so you don't do that if you are planning to go and leave F1,'' Michael added.

''For (Eddie) to say that was just sour grapes. It is very easy ... to sit on the outside and take pot shots but at the end of the day he is the one that blew it and Frank's the one that is still in it.

''Let's just wait and see where Frank is in a couple of year's time.''

Written: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:49:17