Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda welcomes a celebrity addition to the team, commencing at the Austrian Grand Prix this coming weekend, as UK television star, Ross Kemp joins Jordan as a "truckie" for three race weekends. His apprenticeship with Jordan is being filmed by ITV for a special television feature.

Not satisfied with only limited involvement, Ross eagerly began his tasks before arriving in the Austrian Alps, as he joined members of the Jordan race team last Sunday, 6 May, in order to contribute to the "pack up" of all the equipment and three EJ11 cars for the Austrian Grand Prix.

A mixed first day for Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda as Heinz-Harald Frentzen set seventh fastest time, with Jarno Trulli 13th. Frentzen lost valuable track time due to a hydraulics problems and Trulli ran wide on a couple of occasions.

"There was a problem with the hydraulics and we had to change a couple of bits and pieces on the car," said Frentzen. "It took more time than expected because we wanted to make sure that would be the end of the problem. But that meant a loss of time which should have been used for basic set-up work on the car. There is still work to be done but, so far, it has been okay. There is still potential in the car, for sure, and we will have to squeeze it out tomorrow."

Another morning of mixed results for Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda as Jarno Trulli, eighth fastest, lost valuable track time due to an engine problem. Heinz-Harald Frentzen, seventh quickest, completed a productive 33 laps in preparation for this afternoon's qualifying session.

"It was a trouble-free morning," said Frentzen. "I was able to complete all of my planned preparations for qualifying and make the most of the fact that the track was getting quicker­ as it usually does here towards the end of the two sessions. Even so, I had to work hard looking for those final hundredths of a second but it was worth it because qualifying will be very close. I'm looking forward to it; we are well prepared."

Fortunes were turned around for Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda when Jarno Trulli, after problems in the morning, qualified fifth.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who hoped for better things after a productive practice, could do no better than take 11th place on the grid.

An uneventful warm-up for Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda as Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli set third and sixth fastest times during the 30-minute session, neither driver reporting any problems.

"It was perfectly routine," said Trevor Foster, Managing Director, Jordan Grand Prix. "We obviously ran with the race set-up and fuel loads but one of the prime objectives was to prepare the front tyres for the race. The tyres need a certain amount of initial running before they work properly and that's been done so as not to affect performance during the race.

A weekend of great promise for Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda ended in disappointment when both cars failed to get away at the start and retired almost immediately, thus ending Jordan's achievement of scoring points in every Grand Prix held so far this season.