San Marino GP: Jordan race notes
THE SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX THE RACE Sunday 14th April DHL Jordan Honda suffered a disappointing race in Imola when both drivers retired with mechanical problems. Takuma Sato pulled over on lap six with his Jordan Honda EJ12 stuck in first gear.
THE SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX THE RACE Sunday 14th April
DHL Jordan Honda suffered a disappointing race in Imola when both drivers retired with mechanical problems. Takuma Sato pulled over on lap six with his Jordan Honda EJ12 stuck in first gear. Giancarlo Fisichella, who was making up some of the places he'd lost at the start after Heinz-Harald Frentzen closed the door and forced him onto the gravel, retired on lap 20 with a loss of hydraulic pressure.
TAKUMA SATO
"A disappointing end to the weekend. I was on my fourth lap, with everything up to then working fine, when suddenly I felt a problem with the gears which left me stuck in first gear, unable to select any other gears. I made it back to the pits and the team tried to re-set the electrics, but the same problem re-occurred as soon as I went out so I had to pull over and retire from the race."
GIANCARLO FISICHELLA
"I made a good start but then Heinz-Harald (Frentzen) closed the door and I went off onto the gravel and lost a lot of places. But then I was doing my race, and had overtaken Eddie Irvine, when the car totally lost drive. It appears to have been due to a loss of hydraulic pressure, possibly the same problem that I had in qualifying yesterday."
EDDIE JORDAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE
"A race weekend to forget. We will have a post mortem about it to get to the bottom of where our problems lie. We have a big hill to climb but we have to do it - and we will do it."
TAKUMA SATO DNF - gear box
CHASSIS NUMBER 3
GIANCARLO FISICHELLA DNF - loss of hydraulic pressure
CHASSIS NUMBER 4
-jordan-
Share Or Save This Story
Ed Carpenter explains why he was so angry with Takuma Sato
Takuma Sato set for Indy 500 return with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda shares sneak peek of Takuma Sato preparing for Williams FW11 Tokyo Auto Salon run
When a journeyman driver's F1 career lasted just 800m
How Jordan took its last F1 victory on this day in 2003
The top 10 moments of Eddie Jordan's motorsport teams
Pedro Acosta told KTM he wants to beat Marc Marquez on the same MotoGP bike
What made Red Bull so fast in the Azerbaijan GP after Max Verstappen’s qualifying issue
Has George Russell hit his stride too late? 'With this form I would have been in the fight'
F1 pundit slams Franco Colapinto's "outrageous" Baku crash but rejects Lando Norris's race ban call
Why Mercedes is still quicker than McLaren
Baku late-race chaos almost costs George Russell victory over Max Verstappen
How George Russell claimed his career-best pole margin in F1 Azerbaijan GP qualifying
How the chase to catch Mercedes is unfolding
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments