Jordan Not Worried Despite Troubled Test

Jordan's director of race and test engineering Gary Anderson is not concerned with the performance of the new EJ13 despite a troubled week of testing at the Barcelona circuit.

The new car, in its first real test after a brief shakedown at Silverstone, suffered a fuel leak on Monday, was hit by more problems on Tuesday and the team were unable to test on Wednesday as some components for the car were lost when flying from England to Spain.

"I don't think it has been as bad as it looks from the outside," said Anderson. "This is what building a brand new car is like and as you try things out it's not unusual that some of them don't work. A few of our problems have been self-inflicted in getting some of the new systems up and running.

"Some others are more fundamental but we are on top of each one as they happen. Other than that, British Airways and Easyjet lost car components on two different occasions, which cost at least one full day of testing. It is important that we are up and running early and at least we are solving the problems now rather than at the beginning of March."

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella could only complete 20 laps today after losing the rear wing of his car while travelling down the straight of the Spanish circuit. Anderson said that the team will make some changes to ensure that the incident is not repeated.

"The rear beam wing broke when it was highly loaded on the main straight," Anderson told Jordan's official website. "This was caused by a combination of things. What we do know is that it is a stronger component than we used last year and we are doing some modifications tonight which will increase the strength, new components will be completely revised."

Jordan are expected to wrap up the Barcelona test on Friday, when they will work alone behind closed doors.