By Phil Giles
January 8 2003

Jordan as promised have announced their testing dates for the first two months of 2003. Jordan have opted to test on Friday's at the Grand Prix, however as this rule only applies during the season, test days are unlimited prior to the season start.

Regrettably, the teams first tests of the year will be in the somewhat warmer climes of Barcelona and Valencia in Spain.  For the fans who would rather spend four hours standing on a freezing Luffield Corner at Silverstone waiting for something to move, this is the only disappointing aspect of the news!

Confirmed driver Giancarlo Fisichella will take the wheel at the first test on the 20th January in Barcelona so only 12 days until we get our first glimpse of the revolutionary design from Henri Durand, Gary Anderson and Niccolo Petrucci.  We'll also get a taste of the power of the RS1 Ford Cosworth powerplant.

The test dates are: