Top teams putting F1 in pits, claims Jordan

EDDIE JORDAN has claimed that the big fish in the Formula One pond are threatening the existence of the sport.

Jordan fears that the financial dominance of the largest teams could drive smaller outfits such as Jordan and Minardi to the wall and cause untold damage to F1 as a whole, robbing it of much of its entertainment value.

He said: "We are not the clowns of the business, we are deadly serious about what we do. But the truth is we don't have the money to compete on a level playing field. Instead we try and provide our own brand of entertainment as do Minardi.