13th July - Jordan try both wet and dry setups in Free Practice.

The home Grand Prix for Jordan Honda got off to a good start today when Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli were fifth and ninth fastest at the end of the first day. Importantly, they both got a chance to try out the car in wet and dry conditions, as the weekend is likely to be very mixed as far as the weather goes.

"We think it may be wet tomorrow and during the race, so we have to be ready for all circumstances," said Frentzen. "More or less everything went according to plan today and we achieved what we wanted to achieve. Of course, because Silverstone is our home track, we already have quite a bit of information although surprisingly, considering the British weather, if it rains tomorrow it will be the first day for me at Silverstone in wet conditions! I have mainly tested in the dry."

The two sixty minute sessions were run in overcast conditions with rain falling in the final few minutes. Jordan took the opportunity to fit intermediate tyres on both cars for the last couple of laps.

"I did many laps because I wanted to check the feeling and balance of the car in race conditions," said Trulli, who celebrates his 27th birthday today. "It's not too bad, so we will look at the information and concentrate on what we are going to do tomorrow. So far, so good."

"It was the usual Friday �doing race set-up," said Tim Holloway, Head of Engineering. "With Bridgestone bringing a new tyre for the race it was important that we did a good back-to-back comparing the tyres. We have got a lot of data to look through tonight. Heinz did a good job considering he lost a bit of running due an oil leak - nothing serious but it took a short time to put that right. We're generally happy with the way things went. When it started to rain towards the end of the second session, both cars went out with intermediate tyres because we needed to pick up what information we could, although the track wasn't quite wet enough."

Times from Free Practice at Silverstone
Pos. Driver Team Tyre Time
1 Hakkinen McLaren B 1:22.827
2 Coulthard McLaren B 1:22.894
3 Barrichello Ferrari B 1:23.578
4 M Schumacher Ferrari B 1:23.619
5 Frentzen Jordan B 1.23.887
6 Heidfeld Sauber B 1:24.096
9 Trulli Jordan B 1.24.343



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