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Firman fancies F1 fortune

Ralph Firman wants another go at F1. The 30-year-old Anglo-Irishman, at the Lausitzring this weekend for the second 'A1' race, reckons he wasn't given a fair go at the wheel of his uncompetitive Jordan in 2003.

"I certainly don't think I got a fair crack of the whip in formula one," he told the 'Mirror' newspaper. "It was very disappointing but I never lost faith in my ability."

Firman, 30, was second quickest in practice for his first A1 appearance for Team Ireland in Germany. France's Nicolas Lapierre set the pace.

Meanwhile, a 'senior insider' at the Jordan team has told the Guardian newspaper that current F1 duo Narain Karthikeyan and Tiago Monteiro could retain their seats -- if the price is right. "They know the tariff and what we'd expect them to bring," the insider told the newspaper. "We make no bones about our position."

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