Portuguese driver to attend M16 launch

Tiago Monteiro has confirmed that he will be in England this Friday. Usually, that would not be interesting news, but the Silverstone-based MF1 team is set to launch its 2006 Grand Prix car. And Monteiro, unlike likely team-mate Christijan Albers, has not yet been officially nominated as a race driver. Tiago Monteiro and Albers will be present as the wraps proudly come off the new M16,” read a statement of the Portuguese driver's PR team. The information coincides with the Midland-owned team's praise of customer engine supplier Toyota. Sporting director Adrian Burgess called the Cologne based outfit's service 'second to none'. “You couldn't go and buy a better package than what we've got,” he said.