Jordan's Indy Qualifying

9th Fastest
By Phil Giles
September 28 2002

Jordan finished a very slippery seeming qualifying session at the US Grand Prix in 9th and 15th places for Giancarlo and Takuma respectively. The session was thankfully uneventful for the Jordan boys with a number of top runners sliding off the circuit and onto the grass verges.

Giancarlo:
"As I expected, it was a very tough qualifying session. Although there may have been an opportunity to be a couple of places further forward, I achieved my target.  It is important here to get the fastest sector times all into one perfect lap, but unfortunately I wasn't able to do it. I am pleased that the car looks reasonably strong in race conditions so I hope that tomorrow will be a good day and that I will score some points."

Takuma:
"It was a difficult day. The engine blew at the beginning and I lost all of my first session and ten minutes of the second session and it meant I couldn't use the latest engine spec.  The mechanics did a great job of replacing the rear end of the car so quickly and I really appreciate their work. We did our best, but both yesterday and this morning we lost out on valuable time to refine the set-up. For my part, I couldn't get a rhythm together, so all in all it was a very difficult qualifying. We just have to hope that tomorrow will be better."

Gary Anderson
"We thought we might get in the top eight, but I'm not disappointed because we have the potential for a good race and from ninth it's possible to score points. We did a lot of work on our start strategy at the last test and we feel it is better now.  Takuma lost time yesterday due to a big spin and this morning due to engine failure. It has not been an easy weekend for him but all he can do now is put his head down and get on with it. I'm feeling positive about the race because we are pretty quick on the straight and it's possible to pass at this circuit."

 

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