Formula 1
San Marino GP: Jordan Saturday qualifying notes
Giorgio Pantano and Nick Heidfeld qualified 15th and 16th for the starting grid of the San Marino Grand Prix, with Pantano leading Jordan Ford's qualifying results for the first time, in only his fourth Formula One race. Both drivers were generally ...
Edited: Apr 25, 2004, 2:09 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Giorgio Pantano and Nick Heidfeld qualified 15th and 16th for the starting grid of the San Marino Grand Prix, with Pantano leading Jordan Ford's qualifying results for the first time, in only his fourth Formula One race. Both drivers were generally satisfied with the car's balance today and hope recent improvements to the EJ14 package will further their chances of success in the race.
Giorgio Pantano:
"I'm feeling a little bit more positive at this race because I'm getting much closer to my teammate and that is the important thing for me. I think we have also made some changes which have improved the car a bit, and the gap between us and the cars in front is getting smaller. A few more races and hopefully we can close it even more. I'm happy with my qualifying and really looking forward to racing tomorrow."
Nick Heidfeld:
"I think my qualifying lap was not too bad although half way through I started to lose a bit of grip, with oversteer affecting the rest of the lap. Otherwise, we have some new things and the car has improved since the last race. I would have hoped to have been even closer to the cars ahead of us but we just have to keep working hard to close the gap."
James Robinson, Head of race and test engineering:
"There seemed to be some different ideas about fuel load strategy in the first qualifying session today and it's quite hard to understand why certain cars chose to do what they did in the second session. Giorgio wasn't happy with the balance of the car in first qualifying, but Dominic (Harlow, his race engineer) made a number of changes much to Giorgio's liking and he made good use of the car in second qualifying.
"Nick was reasonably happy with the car. Following his first run he only made a number of small changes but felt he didn't have as much grip in the second run, getting a little bit sideways at Aqua Minerale. It will be interesting to see where people are with regards to strategy in the race tomorrow and if any of the cars pit before lap 10."
Eddie Jordan, Chief executive:
"Congratulations to everyone at BAR Honda on their fine pole position. Honda's last pole was with Jordan and Heinz Harald Frentzen at the European Grand Prix at Nurburgring in 1999."
Giorgio Pantano
Chassis: EJ14/02
15th, 1:23.352
Nick Heidfeld
Chassis: EJ14/03
16th, 1:23.488
-jordan-
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article San Marino GP preliminary qualifying
Next article San Marino GP: Saturday press conference
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Nick Heidfeld
Which modern Formula 1 driver raced for the most teams?
Formula 1
Formula 1
Which modern Formula 1 driver raced for the most teams?
New all-electric Formula G series to begin in 2024 with radical format
General
General
New all-electric Formula G series to begin in 2024 with radical format
The brief F1 pairing that brought “fun” to Sauber
Formula 1
Formula 1
The brief F1 pairing that brought “fun” to Sauber
More from
Jordan
When a journeyman driver's F1 career lasted just 800m
Formula 1
Formula 1
When a journeyman driver's F1 career lasted just 800m
How Jordan took its last F1 victory on this day in 2003
Formula 1
Formula 1
Brazilian GP
How Jordan took its last F1 victory on this day in 2003
The top 10 moments of Eddie Jordan's motorsport teams
Formula 1
Formula 1
The top 10 moments of Eddie Jordan's motorsport teams
Latest news
NASCAR explains why they penalized Zane Smith after latest clash with Carson Hocevar
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Phoenix II
9 h
NASCAR explains why they penalized Zane Smith after latest clash with Carson Hocevar
Porsche boss Laudenbach says he is "not happy" with how things were handled by IMSA in 2026
IMSA
IMSA IMSA 10 h
Porsche boss Laudenbach says he is "not happy" with how things were handled by IMSA in 2026
Five things to watch out for at the F1 United States GP
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
10 h
Five things to watch out for at the F1 United States GP
KTM sees MotoGP 2027 as a fresh start: “We never had the chance to build a new bike”
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP 11 h
KTM sees MotoGP 2027 as a fresh start: “We never had the chance to build a new bike”
Feature
Discover prime content
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.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe