Jordan-Peugeot were one of four teams testing at the Estoril circuit in
Portugal this week. For Rubens Barrichello it was a first opportunity to
sample Peugeot power and the Brazilian made the most of the opportunity,
completing 119 laps over the course of 3 days. Peugeot's Super Tourisme
Champion Laurent Aiello was also on hand, taking over from the Brazilian
for the final day of running on Friday.

Peugeot had both 3.5 litre engines and the new 3.0 litre A10D on hand
for Barrichello to try, but it was the 1994 spec 3.5 litre unit which
was fitted to the interim Jordan 194 chassis for the first day on
Tuesday. "We wanted to get a baseline against which to compare the 3.0
litre unit," explained Team Manager John Walton. "On day two, we fitted
the 3 litre engine but with a slightly revised oil system to the one
which we ran last week in Barcelona. We spent the day carrying out
systems analysis on the engine before taking it out on Wednesday night
so it could be returned to Paris for further inspection."

Rubens had been suitably impressed by both. He was second quickest
overall on Tuesday, setting a best time of 1'20.47 with the 3.5 litre
unit which he described as being "very strong". On Wednesday he recorded
a 1'22.17 lap with the 3 litre engine, which put him fifth quickest
on the time sheets. "I already knew that Eddie thought the engine was
good, because I had spoken with him after Barcelona," said Rubens. "But
Estoril is a different circuit, with different characteristics, and we
were all keen to see how it went there. Straight away I could feel it
was very good, particularly at the top end," he continued. "It had lots
of power. All day we were changing things to improve the torque and each
time we changed something it got better." He continued clutch testing
with the 3.5 litre engine on Thursday before leaving Estoril that night
en-route to the second Elf Master karting competition at Paris Bercy.

Rubens took with him a very favourable view of his first few days work
with Peugeot. "Everyone is very professional," he said. "They are
obviously trying very hard. They don't just sit around waiting for
answers," he continued, "they are always working things out on their
computers. And they have hundreds of computers! Also, my engineer is
Portuguese so we got on well straight away. Actually, I think Jordan
and Peugeot are going to get on very well," Rubens concluded. Once
Barrichello had departed, Laurent Aiello got into the car to continue
with the engine systems analysis work for a final day. He completed 31
laps on Friday, recording a best time of 1'22.12.

"All in all it was a pretty successful test," reported John Walton. "It
all looks very promising at the moment. We will resume testing with the
interim car in mid-January prior to launching the 195 at the end of the
month."

       Testing times:

  1.   Damon Hill              Williams-Renault        1'19.5  Wednesday
  2.   David Coulthard         Williams-Renault        1'19.6  Friday
  3.   Jules Boullion          Williams-Renault        1'19.9  Friday
  4.   Rubens Barrichello      Jordan-Peugeot          1'20.0  Thursday
  5.   Olivier Panis           Ligier-Renault          1'20.6  Friday
  6.   Emmanuel Collard        Williams-Renault        1'20.7  Wednesday
  7.   Michael Schumacher      Ligier-Renault          1'20.8  Wednesday
  8.   Ukyo Katayama           Tyrrell-Yamaha 3.5 lit. 1'21.1  Thursday
  9.   Ukyo Katayama           Tyrrell-Yamaha 3.0 lit. 1'22.0  Friday
 10.   Laurent Aiello          Jordan-Peugeot          1'22.1  Friday
 11.   Franck Lagorce          Ligier-Renault          1'22.4  Friday
 12.   Mark Blundell           Tyrrell-Yamaha          1'22.5  Wednesday
 13.   Jorg Muller             Ligier-Renault          1'23.8  Friday
 14.   Max Papis               Ligier-Renault          1'24.5  Thursday

       By Louise Goodman, Jordan Media Relations


 Kelvin Fielding
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