By Phil Giles
January 21 2004

Bas Leinders took to the track for the second day of Jordan's four day test in Barcelona. However, the rookie left the track on the installation lap, damaging the car. The team rebuilt the second chassis, allowing Bas to get a few more laps.

The team say that Bas was pushing the car too hard in cold conditions and no doubt, he suffered from an undeniable bout of over enthusiasm!  Bas returned to the track in the second Jordan chassis but set the slowest time of the day after completing just 18 laps.

"Bas Leinders was at the wheel on our second day of this test and again it was the driver’s first F1 test although Bas has driven at Barcelona before." Said James Robinson.  "Unfortunately he had an accident on the installation lap and we had to build the second chassis.  Although this allowed us to return to the track, it took several hours to achieve which left about an hour of running at the end. Three red flags in this last period further reduced track time, allowing Bas to get four short runs (18 laps) before the final flag.  The mechanics did another excellent job today building the car from a tub and the car ran faultlessly once we got out, a credit to good teamwork."

Jordan have confirmed that Timo Glock will be testing tomorrow morning and will be replaced by Nick Heidfeld who will complete the day and the rest of the week for the team.