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Jaguar hope aero changes can claim points

Jaguar Racing chief David Pitchforth is hopeful that his team can seize some points in this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix as they currently lie eighth in the cosntructors' championship ahead of only Jordan and Minardi. The team will have a few aerodynamic changes on their cars.

"With only five races to go before the end of the season we have been focusing very hard on making the most of our R5 package and fine tuning the car to ensure that we can capitalise on any points opportunities," Pitchforth said. "We enjoyed a good reliable weekend in Hungary but we need to be scoring points as well as finishing the race. Mark, Christian and Bjorn were all at the factory here in Milton Keynes last week and they seem more motivated then ever and very committed to scoring some points for the team."

Head of vehicle performance, Mark Gillan revealed that the team will make some small changes to their cars this weekend, "The R5 has had a slightly modified aero package for this weekend and the engine also continues to be developed and fine-tuned ahead of the remaining races. Looking back briefly to Hungary, we learnt a lot from the race and in particular on tyre-management and will be taking this additional information with us to Spa in the hope that not only will the cars be finishing, but they will be scoring points as they cross the line."

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