Jordan EJ11 launch: Drivers and Honda expect…

And the pressure will be on to deliver the goods: the team's engine-supplier Honda says it wants one of its two works teams (the other being British American Racing) to finish in the top three in the constructors' points and expects at least one race victory to break the Ferrari/McLaren stranglehold of F1.

Speaking at today's (Tuesday's) Jordan-Honda EJ11 launch at the team's Silverstone HQ, Frentzen, who starts his third full season with the squad, said: "I strongly believe Jordan is the team of the future.

"Our goal is to continue where we finished off in 1999. When we get the car reliable, there's no reason to think we can't be successful again.

"Hopefully we've improved the car in all areas - the engine, the mechanicals and in the wind-tunnel - and hopefully we can attack right from the beginning."

Trulli, who starts his second full season with the team, added: "We are hoping for a better year this year. This time last year we were confident, but this year we are even more confident. We're all really motivated and hopefully we'll reach the results we didn't reach last year."

Asked whether the team could take on Ferrari and McLaren in the coming season, Trulli said he was optimistic that Jordan could mix it up on occasion.

"I don't want to set targets anymore," he said, "but we proved last year that we could sometimes do a good job. This year we have a better engine. I think we should qualify on the front row several times and be closer to the Ferraris and McLarens than we were last year. It's hard, but it's possible."