Pantano Hopeful of Points Finish for Jordan

Italian Giorgio Pantano hopes his Jordan team can find a way to score their first points of the 2004 season in Monte Carlo.

Rookie Pantano had a somewhat promising practice session today, posting the 16th fastest time of the day to be the quickest of the Jordan trio on track. The Italian was happy with his progress.

"I'm quite happy today," said the Italian. "We did quite good work but there is more to gain with the car and also from me. By Saturday I am sure we can improve the car, the lap time, and also my performance.

"We will try, as always, to do our maximum and continue to close the gap to the front teams. It would be good if we can find a way to score some points in this race."

Pantano outpaced both German test driver Timo Glock and teammate Nick Heidfeld, who was 19th quickest right behind Glock.

"I suffered a bit with brakes throughout the day but otherwise we had no technical problems," said Heidfeld. "We are not quite there yet with the balance of the car, it's not bad here but I'm sure we can improve it.

"My lap times reflect my slightly different programme to the other two drivers and I was reasonably satisfied with how today went."