Albers happy with Jordan debut

The Dutchman, who is contracted to Mercedes' DTM squad in 2005, is actively seeking a move to F1 next year with either Jordan or Minardi and is keen to impress. Albers joined compatriot Robert Doornbos for the test in Spain, where he drove a 2004-spec EJ14.

Albers' time of 1m24.452s was good enough for 13th overall and was more than half a second quicker than that managed by Doornbos, although the latter was running some 2005-spec aero developments.

"Like the team, I'm very happy with the way things went today," said Albers. "Under changing conditions we did a good amount of mileage and I could even show my ground speed. And that was exactly what we both wanted to achieve!

"Though I'd never driven in this car and on this track before, I could easily find my rhythm. It's a shame that due to the rain we couldn't ran as quick as I might have done, but I hope to be able to show that another time."