Budapest’s Hungaroring offers a unique challenge and is often described as having the characteristics of a street circuit due to the twisty nature of the track, with few overtaking opportunities.  Gary Anderson, Director of Race and Test Engineering, says, “The Hungaroring is usually hot, slippery, dirty, dusty and quite a tricky circuit.  It is one of the slower tracks and it requires a lot of downforce.

“The circuit is hard on the tyres because of the high temperatures and because there are so many corners in a lap compared to most other tracks.  There are a lot of long corners, where it’s difficult to get a good balance.  Generally this circuit is difficult for everyone.  The potential for overtaking is minimal, with so many corners on top of each other and straights that are not long enough to get speed up and overtake there.”

Friday free practice's first timed session was trouble-free for Jordan, with Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato completing their morning set-up programmes and finishing fifth and twelfth fastest respectively. 

As the session ended, Director of Race and Test Engineering, Gary Anderson, said, "We have started quite well and the balance of the cars is not bad. We have a bit of work to do because the track is quite slippery and dirty at the moment and generally we're quite good in those conditions.  We sometimes lose out a bit when the track builds up grip but hopefully we can carry on the good work into the afternoon."

DHL Jordan Honda carried out a straightforward Free Practice today, with Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato finishing 5th and 6th quickest respectively.

The second of the two practice sessions was littered with incidents, as drivers struggled to find the limits of the cars on the dusty Hungaroring circuit. Thankfully, there were no such problems for DHL Jordan Honda with both drivers enjoying a trouble free day and feeling positive about the cars handling and their competitive lap times.

This morning's practice was once again dominated by the Ferrari duo of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. However, the increased  track temperatures compared to yesterday appeared to benefit both Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya as they posted the 3rd and 4th fastest times respectively.

Giancarlo Fisichella finished the session 7th quickest, although had it not been for the infamous Hungaroring traffic, a top 5 placing would have been possible.  Takuma Sato's best timed lap put him 17th on the time charts.

Gary Anderson said, "This morning things didn't go quite as smoothly as I'd have liked.  Between the two sessions we made a set-up change on Giancarlo's car which doesn't seem to have proved beneficial.  It would have taken too long to adjust it mid-session but we will change it back for qualifying.  We are finding that there's a graining problem with the tyres but hopefully we can solve that with some more set-up work."

Giancarlo Fisichella’s fifth place today gave DHL Jordan Honda its best qualifying result of the season. Takuma Sato had a run of bad luck, including a gearbox oil leak which forced him to change to the T-car ten minutes before the session ended, and with only one clean outing he was not able to improve on 14th position.

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA P5 – 1.14.880
“This is another good qualifying result and my best this year, so I’m very pleased.  We’ve been quick all weekend and yesterday I was confident that we could be on the front three or four rows.  Fifth is great for the race start tomorrow and I’m feeling positive and very strong mentally.  Physically, it’s going to be a very difficult race, but I’m confident.  I like the circuit and I hope to score points.“

It was a great day for Giancarlo Fisichella, as he recorded his and the Jordan team’s best qualifying performance of the season, to line up on the third row in fifth place. However, it was a day of mixed fortunes for the team, given that Takuma Sato’s afternoon was compromised by a gearbox oil leak, which saw the Japanese driver having to switch to the T-car.

Both Jordan drivers enjoyed a trouble free session this morning, with Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato finishing the session in 4th and 5th place respectively.

Ferrari were once again considerably faster than 3rd place driver Kimi Raikkonen, although the session was not without its problems for Ferrari, with Rubens Barrichello spinning into the gravel at the penultimate corner of the lap.

Giancarlo Fisichella took Jordan's first point in five races at today's Hungarian Grand Prix to cap a day on which Ferrari sealed its fourth constructors' championship in a row.

Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato delivered strong performances in today’s race to bring DHL Jordan Honda two top ten finishes and another Championship point.  Fisichella gained a place at the start and was holding 4th position for much of the race, however David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen were able to get past his EJ12 during the second round of pit stops.