29th November - Testing to start on Friday 1st.

Jordan Grand Prix have announced an addition to their December testing plans.

The Irish team have decided to run the Jordan-Honda EJ10 at Silverstone on Friday 1st Dec, ahead of their already scheduled testing session in Spain next week.

The car, which is a hybrid consisting of their 2000 chassis with a special Honda engine for December testing, will join Jaguar and Benetton at the first official session of the 2001 season. The team will use this year's EJ10Bs for the test, but fitted with the Honda Athena engine management system which was developed for the team's big rival, BAR.
The all-new V10s which will power next year's car will not be available until January next.

Plans are unchanged for Ricardo Zonta to do most of the winter testing, alternating with regular race drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli and it is thought that the ex-BAR driver will be in charge this Friday. Meanwhile, the launch of the new car is provisionally on course for mid-January.