BAR calls time on cheats.

British American Racing has joined Bernie Ecclestone in calling for the accused team in the traction control row to be exposed.

FIA president Max Mosley has insisted that nothing will be revealed in the matter until the governing body can be sure - and produce evidence - that illicit practices were carried out. All he has said is that a 'middle-ranking' team was suspected of employing a traction control system during the 1999 season, and this has caused a wave of unrest amongst the eleven outfits which could be at fault.

As a result, BAR has called on the president to reveal the team, or admit that there was no cheating. The Brackley outfit is among a number who suspect that the mythical cheat has been used to enable the FIA to force through new legislation regarding engine electronics, which come into force from this weekend's British Grand Prix.

''Nobody really knows if there really was a team cheating, or if it was just Max trying to rev everybody up a little,'' said a spokesman, ''I think he would be better of saying who he thinks it was and, maybe, he will be pressurised to do so.''