Spoke to JR this morning, he was just waiting on the flight back. He was quite excited cos it was going to be in a TBM700 which is quite a fancy aeroplane! See here:
http://socata.eads.net/frame/lang/en.../31800003.html Don't think there is any doubt he will be racing at Brands come Easter weekend!
[Edited on 20-2-2005 by yeti]