29^th April 2001

spanish gp. the race.

Jarno moved up one place at the start and held his position, latterly holding off Montoya until they both pitted at the same time on lap 24. Montoya’s stop was marginally quicker than Jarno’s and Jarno lost a place. Villeneuve was also able to split Jarno and JPM after a pit stop. Jarno moved up the field after Ralf’s retirement, then gained a place after Mika Hakkinen was forced to retire when his clutch failed on the last lap. Jarno finished 4^th, behind MS, Montoya and Villeneuve. HHF inadvertently turned off launch control at the start, then had to retire after a accident with de la Rosa on lap 7.

Jarno Trulli 4th

Heinz-Harald Frentzen DNF (collision)

A fourth place finish for Jarno Trulli gave Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda its best ever result at

the Spanish Grand Prix

Trulli’s three points secure the team’s fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship with thirteen

points

Frentzen’s race ended prematurely on lap 6 after a collision with Jaguar’s de la Rosa. At the

beginning of the race he correctly set-up launch control, but inadvertently de-activated it resulting in

a delayed start

Jarno Trulli Car 12

Position: 4th

Chassis: 05

T-car Chassis: 03

“It was a tough race but a good result for me and the team. I made a good start up to fourth but

unfortunately was closed in by Barrichello and dropped a position. My tyre degradation was pretty high

today and we weren’t able to keep pace as well as we should. I lost my position during the first pit stop

which was frustrating, and in the latter part of the race I struggled because the brakes were inconsistent.

Coulthard was catching me at the end, so I had to push very hard to keep him at a distance but also to

keep close to Villeneuve. Although it’s been a positive weekend, we still need to find ways to improve

the car. I would like to dedicate my good result to Michele Alboreto. I had the chance to meet him

socially, and he was a truly lovely person as well as a great driver. He will be sorely missed, particularly

by those in motorsport to whom he still gave so much.”

Eddie Jordan, Chief Executive

“We come away from Barcelona with three more points to maintain our point-scoring form in every race

this year and also achieve the best result for the team at this circuit. Jarno did a great job in the race to

finish fourth and score points for his third race in a row. I don’t think, however, that our pace was strong

enough today. We also lost out during Jarno’s first pit stop and need to make improvements in some

areas.”

28^th April 2001

spanish gp. qualifying.

In a qualifying session dominated by McLaren and Ferrari, Jarno qualified 6^th with a time of 1:19.093. Top 6: MS, Hakkinen, DC, Barrichello, Ralf, Jarno. HHF is 8^th with 1:19.150.

Jarno Trulli Car 12

Position: 6th

Time: 1:19.093

Chassis: 05

T-car chassis: 03

“The whole team did a really great job in what was, as we expected, a very tough qualifying. I’m happy with sixth position on this track because in the past, the team’s performance has not been very strong in Barcelona. On my quickest run there was some traffic and I didn’t really get a completely free lap, which is a shame because fifth may have been possible as the gap from one car to another is so close. I’m confident for tomorrow, as this year the car is proving to be reliable and very competitive in the races. I hope I’ll have a good start but it’s going to be a very tough Grand Prix.

28^th April 2001

spanish gp. saturday practice.

In the first session this morning, Jarno finished 5^th fastest with a time of 1:19.827, behind both Ferraris and both McLarens. HHF was 6^th with 1:19.903. In the second session Jarno bettered his earlier time but finished 6^th with 1:19.186. HHF did not improve his time and finished 11^th.

27^th April 2001

spanish gp. friday practice.

In Friday practice at the Circuit de Catalunya, DC topped the time tables in both sessions. With new driver aids to check out, there were a lot of practice starts during the morning. The Jordans slipped down the time sheets during the course of the day. Jarno finished 8^th in the first session with 1:22.194 and HHF was just behind in 9^th with 1:22.221. In the second session, Jarno increased his best time to 1:21.647, to finish 10^th, but HHF was unable to better his earlier time, finishing 14^th. Jaguar did well with 2^nd and 7^th place for Irvine and de la Rosa respectively.

Jarno Trulli 10^th 1:21.647

Heinz-Harald Frentzen 14^th 1:22.221

During the first session, Jarno Trulli experienced a clutch problem after 5 laps and Heinz-Harald

Frentzen span on lap 7 causing damage to the rear wing. Neither driver returned to the track during

the hour.

The second session proved more productive as the team worked well through the set-up

programme, trying to make up for the lost time.

Jarno Trulli Car 12

Position: 10th

Time: 1:21.647

Chassis: 05

“It was a routine Friday practice session working on car set-up, although I lost the morning session due

to a clutch problem. It was very windy on parts of the track this afternoon which affected the handling of

the car, so this could explain why the car doesn’t seem to be that well balanced at the moment. We’ll

wait and see what the forecast is for tomorrow, but we have quite a bit of work still to do. We made some

adjustments to the electronics software to fine tune the traction control.”

22^nd April 2001

spanish gp. preview.

Jarno Trulli on the Spanish Grand Prix:

“This is another circuit I like a lot. The car is well balanced and has performed very well so far this year,

so we just hope we can prove our potential in this next race. The high speed corners require good

physical fitness and makes the circuit quite technical, which is the main reason many teams test in

Barcelona.”

15^th April 2001

san marino gp. the race. Jarno got off to another good start and moved up to third by the first corner, behind Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard. He maintained that position before going in for his first pit stop. Rejoining in eighth and later moving up to fifth on his two stop strategy, Jarno finished the race in that position, ahead of team mate HHF in sixth. Two more well-deserved points for Jarno, one for HHF and three for the Jordan team. The GP was won by Ralf, with DC second, Barrichello third and Mika Hakkinen fourth.

• Jarno Trulli 5th

• Heinz-Harald Frentzen 6th

• A solid two-car points finish for Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda to give three more points and maintain the team’s fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship

• Jarno Trulli today took the chequered flag at the San Marino Grand Prix for the first time…he’s not managed to finish before!

Jarno Trulli Car 12

Position: 5th

Chassis: 05

T-car chassis 03

“This was a good result and I am particularly happy since this is the first time I have finished

a race here in Imola. It is excellent to have scored points for the second race in a row and

for the team to have scored points in four out of four races. I had a good start and made it

up to third by the first corner where I stayed for twenty laps. I was having a great race and

keeping a steady pace for the first ten laps but was then actually pulling away from Mika.

Unfortunately, after my first pit stop I had a problem with a bad set of tyres which made me

struggle. Montoya caught me after his pit stop and was able to accelerate faster than me

and brake later. With my next set of tyres I could keep the pace though. It’s a shame as I

could possibly have had a podium, but I had a great race”.

Eddie Jordan:

“It is great to earn points again and see both drivers finishing in the top six. They both did an

excellent job. The race was pretty uneventful for us – simply a solid performance which

showed that our car is a big step forward from last year’s in terms of reliability. But today

shows again that this is going to be a tough season and we have more work to do to catch

up with the front runners. A ‘big hand’ to Ralf as well for his first victory.”

14^th April 2001

san marino gp. qualifying.

An exciting qualifying session saw Jarno Trulli post a last minute flying lap to take him from

eighth to second place, before finishing the session in fifth for the second time this season.

Jarno Trulli Car 12

Position: 5th

Time: 1:23.658

Chassis: 05

T-car chassis: 03

“I am really happy to be on the third row of the grid. It was very exciting and reminded me of the

feeling I had when I put in a good lap at the end of Monaco’s qualifying session last year. I pushed

hard to get the best out of the car and myself. The car was very competitive and well balanced and I

believe we can work well with this car to develop it even further throughout the season. I felt confident

we would be able to do well in either the wet or dry but the important thing for me was to keep calm.

In the wet this morning I was quick, but didn’t push as hard during the second session as we were

waiting for the track to dry. During qualifying the track got better and better and the team and I made

a smart choice to wait until the last few minutes for my final run. Let’s hope that tomorrow will be

another good day for me and the team.”

Team mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen qualified 9^th after understeer problems.

Eddie Jordan:

“This was an extremely exciting qualifying session – a great opener to the European season. Let’s

hope the racing will be as good. Both Heinz and Jarno did a good job today. It was a shame Heinz

was blocked by Marques but it was good to see Jarno putting such a good lap together.”

14^th April 2001

san marino gp. saturday practice. Conditions were changeable as both Jordan drivers tested wet and intermediate tyres during the sessions. Jarno was 5^th fastest in the first session with both Ferraris and McLarens ahead of him. Jarno’s time was 1:37.422 and HHF was just behind with 1:38.091. In the second session HHF was 5^th with 1:32.164 while Jarno dropped to 16^th with 1:36.046.

13^th April 2001

san marino gp. friday practice. The varying track conditions made it difficult to concentrate on car set-up work, but Jarno finished 5^th fastest in the first session with 1:34.119 and HHF 6^th with 1:34.549. The two Ferraris and McLarens were above them. When the track dried out during the second session, Jarno was 9^th quickest with 1:26.923 and HHF 13^th with 1:27.406, behind a varied field.

Jarno Trulli Car 12

Position: 9th

Time: 1:26.923

Chassis: 05

T-car chassis: 03

“It was a good and trouble free day. In between sessions we changed the set-up to suit

the track conditions. It dried up very quickly though so I struggled a bit but we already

know the direction we want to take for qualifying. I tried several types of tyres today so

have some good assessments of those.”

9^th April 2001

san marino gp. preview.

Jarno Trulli on the San Marino Grand Prix

“Everyone assumes that Imola is my home race, which is true because I am Italian, but I haven’t actually

raced in Italy very much. I feel good about going to Imola. My supporters in Italy are hoping for a good

result and I would like to give them that.”

jarno’s busy schedule.

In between the Brazilian and San Marino Grands Prix, Jarno Trulli has an action filled schedule. From

Brazil, he flew home to Monaco for one day before arriving at Silverstone on Tuesday morning for a three

day test. Over the weekend Trulli was able to spend time in Italy with his family while concentrating on

training, but now it’s back to work with PR activities arranged for Tuesday 10th. He flies to Kent on

Tuesday evening ready for an early start on Wednesday morning when the Italian will make a star

appearance on the 0915 P&O Stena Line ferry return crossing from Dover to Calais.

Due to board the ferry at 0840, prior to departure Trulli will meet the Captain on the bridge before taking

part in a photo session with the Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda car outside the Silverstones Sports

Bar on board, where the Italian will be making his main appearance from 0915.

Trulli will be available to sign autographs, talk about the team and the season so far during the outbound

and return crossings. Other activities include a Pit Stop Challenge for the public, with the Formula 1 star

presenting a prize to the winners.

Once docked in Calais, Trulli will visit the ferry’s engine room and have lunch aboard, before departing at

1130 for the return crossing back to Dover where he will again be available for fans to see in the

Silverstones Sports Bar.

Trulli’s busy schedule then sees him fly to Bologne on Wednesday evening for a Drivers’ football match,

before driving to Imola for a good night’s sleep to be ready for a day of interviews at the track on

Thursday.

7^th April 2001

magazine interview. In the current edition of F1News, dated 7^th April, there is an interesting interview with Jarno called Trulli Frustrating.

5^th April 2001

silverstone testing. Wet weather disrupted the teams’ testing plans today. BAR and McLaren gave up at lunchtime. Jarno ran 22 laps in total with the second fastest time of 1:32.4. Zonta managed 1:36.2 when he eventually went out for 11 laps in the afternoon. The team were unable to run the intended comprehensive tyre test, but still came away with useful data analysis and software development.

4^th April 2001

silverstone testing. Jarno was unable to begin testing today until 4pm as his race car had not arrived back from Brazil. The weather was showery but he eventually ran 10 laps to shake down the car ready for a full days testing tomorrow. Jarno’s best time was 1:25.92, just ahead of Zonta who was also testing for Jordan Honda. Also present today were Villeneuve, Panis, Wurz and Hakkinen. Villeneuve topped the time sheets with 1:22.91, then proceeded to crash right at the end of the session. His car was so badly damaged he is unable to test tomorrow.

1^st April 001

brazilian gp. race. congratulations to Jarno on 2pts for himself and for the team.

In the eventful race today, Jarno finished 5^th gaining 2pts . Despite having to change to the T-car after clutch problems on his race car during the installation lap, Jarno once again made a good start, moving up to 4^th place immediately, and continued to run well on a one stop strategy. Heavy rain towards the end of the race saw HHF change to intermediate tyres and Jarno to wets. As the track dried out Jarno began to struggle on those tyres, and with oversteer and clutch problems, but maintained 5^th place to the end. HHF was forced to retire towards the end with an engine misfire. During the course of the race, Barrichello took himself out after climbing all over R.Schumacher’s car. M. Schumacher was overtaken by Montoya in the first few laps, but Montoya was hit from the back by Verstappen which finished the race for both of them. After Montoya’s demise, DC and MS contested the lead for most of the race, DC overtaking MS in a crucial move. On different strategies, it was late in the race that DC finally took control and pushed on to the finish. MS was second, followed by Heidfeld, Panis, Jarno and Fisichella.

Jarno Trulli Car 12

Position: 5th

Race Time: 1h 29m 18s

Chassis: 03

T-car chassis 02

“I am happy to have finished in the points today in what was quite a difficult race for me. I had a very good

start and made it up to fourth position at the first corner. I was able to pull away well but about 10 laps before

the first pit stop I started to have problems with the clutch and couldn’t get the same performance from the car

as in the beginning so I struggled a lot. Unfortunately I came in to pit just one lap before the rain, so I had to

come in again on the next lap for wets, which were my choice. It’s a shame that I lost time in both pit stops,

the first because the refuelling rig jammed, and the second because Heinz was ahead of me. The car had

oversteer as we didn’t change the front wing adjustment so I struggled from then until the end of the race”.

Eddie Jordan, Chief Executive

”This was our third race out of three in which we finished in the points which is very encouraging.

Unfortunately however, from looking so good 10 laps from the end the final result was not as we’d hoped. It

was good for Jarno to get his first points but very disappointing for Heinz who had the podium in his sights.

We will be working hard with Honda to rectify today’s problem, and look forward to getting on the podium

together in Europe.”

Hiroshi Shirai, Engine Engineer, Honda

“I am very disappointed because we should have had our first podium finish today. I am sorry for Heinz-Harald

and we will make sure that we have a counter measure in place by Imola for the engine misfire problem which

ended his race. Jarno Trulli was unlucky because he fought really hard today, unfortunately the strategy didn’t

work out for him.”

1^st April 2001

brazilian gp. warm up. Jarno finished 5^th quickest with 1:16.449. MS was quickest with 1:15.971. HHF was 10^th.