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Wed 11 Nov 2002Future is high-tech at FordFORMULA ONE: The future of the Jaguar Formula One team could be in jeopardy if the latest in a succession of management changes fails to steer it on to a competitive footing after three years of abject disappointment.That was the message implicit in the latest raft of organisational changes announced yesterday after another internal coup sent Niki Lauda packing as team principal after only 16 months. In August of last year the three-time world champion replaced the former Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal in the job that the American had inherited nine months earlier after Neil Ressler stood down for family reasons.