By Phil Giles
January 16 2003

Giancarlo Fisichella says that he's impressed by the power of Jordan's new Cosworth engine after Tuesday's shakedown test of the all new EJ13. The team are now prepared to leave for Barcelona where Fisi will start putting the car through it's paces.

Although the transporters are in the now traditional Jordan yellow, the car will run in it's naked black bodywork before the team are able to unveil it's new livery at an official launch.  The team are looking to "acheive maximum impact" for new and existing sponsors.

Giancarlo said that it is a good start.  "I am very impressed by the engine’s power and also with the car which not only looks very nice but is aggressive and simple. Everything went okay without any major problems so I am looking forward to starting testing in Barcelona on Monday." he continued.

Gary Anderson commented, “This gave us the opportunity to run the car from the point of view of checking the electronic set-up and making sure the basic systems such as water and oil did their job prior to going to Barcelona to run properly. It’s nice to make a plan five months ago and achieve it to within the hour – everyone has worked hard and done a good job. This car is more complete now than last year’s was when we went to the first race in Melbourne and it’s come out exactly as specified in terms of the aerodynamic and weight targets.”

Henri Durand said, “The EJ13 is a very important car for Jordan Grand Prix. Five months ago the technical team decided on our technical objectives and approach and we have achieved all that we set out to do. The concept of the car is based on having good aerodynamic efficiency allied to engineering simplicity. We have used the very considerable expertise which exists here within Jordan and also with our new partners at Cosworth Racing. The Ford Cosworth RS engine is obviously a very important aspect of the new car, which has been easy to integrate into the new design and has all of the qualities we would expect from a top ranking engine.”

There can't be too long to wait before Jordan announce who will partner Fisichella and who will be the title sponsors.  The Irish contingent favour Felipe Massa for the second seat, although last weeks poll placed Eddie Irvine as favourite with the fans.

Come on EJ sort it out!