Anderson still optomistic for 2003.

Gary Anderson
By Phil Giles
January 23 2003

Gary Anderson has described his week testing the EJ13 in Barcelona. The team have bit hit by a number of problems, not all of their own doing but they are problems which have been rectified and haven't re-occured. Gary told the official Jordan site about the problems experienced

As Day Four of the test draws to an end, further problems made themselves known. The rear wing fell off today.

"The rear beam wing broke when it was highly loaded on the main straight." Said Gary.  "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."

"I don’t think it has been as bad as it looks from the outside. 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."

Gary was asked if he was still optimistic.

"Yes I am optimistic, we are working through our test plan which is set to give us a better understanding of the car and not just lap time. We have a lot of work to do but that is our job and we are getting on with it in the best way we know. "

Only 20 laps were completed by the team today. Giancarlo ended the day in last place with a fastest time of 1:19.819 still over a second behind the Jaguar of Mark Webber.

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