Pollock has a workforce of more than 200 in what he describes as "the largest and most modern factory in Formula One". I hope we'll get a decision tomorrow although we may have to wait."The BAT commitment is said to be worth pounds 250m over five years. British American Tobacco, which entered into the deal to fund Pollock's mission, want to promote two of their brands and took the opportunity to give visual effect to their campaign yesterday.Pollock said: "We're going into arbitration We've done this to protect our commercial rights. Zonta, of Brazil, wore the blue of his car.Pollock is challenging the rules, which insists a team's cars must be in the same livery, and the case goes to arbitration today. EXTRAVAGANT LAUNCHES, lofty ambitions, noise, colour and controversy: It can mean only that Formula One is back on the road. Two months before the start of another world championship, grand prix racing's newest team set the pace by unveiling their cars yesterday and, true to this sport-comebusiness, steered straight into a confrontation with the governing body. British American Racing, the team that has risen from the ashes of Tyrrell, introduced their drivers, the 1997 world champion, Jacques Villeneuve, and the GT champion, Ricardo Zonta, with their machinery at the factory in Brackley, barely the distance of a lap from Silverstone.Canadian Villeneuve, who left Williams to join the adventure led by his former manager, Craig Pollock, appeared in red and white overalls, matching the livery of his car. I love pitting my wits against the best, the Uniteds, Arsenals and Liverpools.

I enjoy being involved."Forest, it seems, will give him the chance and the game will be more interesting for his involvement.A man who responded to dismissal by Atletico Madrid after 96 days with: "Okay, let's talk about my testimonial," will always be loved more than loathed.. "People might think I'm barmy, " he said recently, "but I miss the life. "Let down sadly and savagely by weak men I believe should have been stronger. Rarely have I felt more disappointed - no, worse than that, absolutely disgusted - by the pinstripes in the boardroom."Atkinson has since concentrated on media work, commentating for ITV on the World Cup and the Champions' League. His bon mots have legendary status, but for all his problems with English only a curmudgeon would deny him his place among the best football experts.Rich enough not to need to work again, Atkinson, 59, has hankered for management since May. It is the only occasion that he appeared genuinely shocked by the fickleness of football "I have been left numb with betrayal," he wrote in The Sun.

The facade at Old Trafford was fine, but the substance was suspect, a description that critics might apply to Big Ron himself.Since United, Atkinson has travelled with varying success. He won the League Cup with Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday, but there is a sense of decline. He was moved upstairs at Coventry City and brought in for a temporary repair job at Hillsborough last season.Wednesday had nine points from 13 games when Atkinson took over and although he resuscitated them to 16th place his contract was not renewed last May. The FA Cup was won in 1983 and 1985, and United never finished outside the top four in the First Division.