Zsolt Baumgartner, the Hungarian F3000 driver, will have a unique opportunity to impress his home crowds at the Hungarian Grand Prix on 18th August, when he will drive the Jordan Honda EJ12 for a demonstration run on race day morning.  Baumgartner visited the Jordan factory today (Thursday 8 August) to check he is comfortable in the EJ12 seat.

Baumgartner, aged 21, races in F3000 this year with Nordic Racing.  Previously he has competed in international F3000, German F3, European Formula Renault and Formula Renault in France and Germany.  He began his motor racing career in 1994 with Hungarian Kart.

There have been no Hungarian drivers in the FIA Formula One World Championship since it was created in 1950, however the first ever motor race to be called a Grand Prix, held at Le Mans, was won by a Hungarian called Ferencz Szisz in 1906.