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04-jun-2001
Preview - Canadian Grand Prix 2001 Season
Thursday 7 - Sunday 10 June 2001.

Chassis details for the race
Heinz-Harald Frentzen EJ11/06
Jarno Trulli EJ11/05
T-car (set up for Jarno Trulli pre-race) EJ11/04

Heinz-Harald Frentzen on the Canadian Grand Prix
'I always look forward to Montreal because I really like the city and it has a fantastic atmosphere. The track has tight corners and is in parts, a street-circuit, so similar to Monaco. Being such a high speed track, the corners are very hard on brakes and the last chicane can be a little dangerous as there is a concrete wall on the exit, so you have to be careful.'

Jarno Trulli on the Canadian Grand Prix
'Canada is a very high speed track that I really do like. Our car always performs well here, so hopefully we can achieve even better results than before as we seem to have a good package with the EJ11. It's particularly important to have good car balance at this circuit as it’s so hard on the brakes.'

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Latest Testing Information
Following the Monaco Grand Prix, Jordan's Test Team spent a productive three days, testing at Magny-Cours in preparation for the French Grand Prix. Jarno Trulli and Ricardo Zonta drove for the first day, concentrating on chassis set-up. Heinz-Harald Frentzen joined team-mate, Trulli, for the second day, although after 11 laps, the team decided to rest the German as he still felt unwell from the effects of his accident in Monaco. Frentzen returned home to Monaco for medical tests, which although showed no sign of injury, he was advised to rest until the Canadian Grand Prix. Zonta therefore returned to the track for the afternoon to run a tyre test for Bridgestone, while Trulli concentrated on engine mapping for Honda and chassis set-up. The pair continued for the final day, with the Italian working through the general test programme including development brake component evaluation and installation checks for the Canada, while Zonta ran development aerodynamic parts.

Circuit Information
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ile Notre-Dame, Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal (Quebec) Canada
Circuit Length: 4.421 km
Race Distance: 4.421 km x 69 laps = 305.049 km

Situated on the man made island of Ill Notre Dame on the St Lawrence river, just across from the beautiful city centre of Montreal, lies the high speed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Part of the track runs alongside the impressive Olympic rowing basin, with a footbridge across providing access to the Formula One paddock. This circuit is one of the best on the calendar for overtaking opportunities, with its flowing straights coupled with tight chicanes and a hairpin. The electric atmosphere in Montreal adds to the racing excitement, as the whole city becomes a Grand Prix carnival zone. The track is a part permanent, part street-circuit, so the surface is always quite dusty with a low grip level at the start of the weekend, although as more rubber is laid on the tarmac, a very smooth surface is formed. With long straights and tight chicanes, medium downforce is required to achieve high speeds on the straights, but sufficient grip for the corners.

EJ-10 Powerboat
The powerboating expertise of Jordan's Alan Davies from Composities, and Steve Goddard from Inspection, provided the EJ-10 Jordan Honda powerboat with a podium finish in third place, at the fourth round of the Honda Formula 4-Stroke series at Les Sables d'Olonne in France on Sunday 27 May. They finished tenth in the third round on the previous day. Both Steve and Alan had immense fun racing the boat, and this great result brings the EJ-10 Jordan Honda to eighth place out of sixteen boats in the series. The next two rounds will be held at Ramsgate on 16 and 17 June.

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