Damon Hill's First Jordan Test.

Damon Hill eventually got his hands on the new Jordan Mugen-Honda 198 at Barcelona this week, Damon first drove the car for a handful of laps late on Tuesday (20/1/98) afternoon. Thereafter Damon has driven on Wednesday and Thursday and will now stay on in Barcelona until Friday, Ralf Schumacher will drive the car part of Friday and possibly Saturday, although he has already driven the car at Silverstone last Friday (16/1/98). Damon got the Jordan down to a 1.24sec a lap but again it is very early in each car's development, we won't know the true potential of each team until first practice gets under way in Melbourne on March 6th 1998, that's when the Bullshit stops and the real business of racing begins.


At present though it seems to be Williams that have the upper hand as their lap times are proving the ones to beat, and that's their interim car, watch out next week when their 1998 challenger is unveiled, McLaren, Ferrari, Benetton and Jordan will all be watching with interest to see if Williams can maintain their dominance yet again.
before last week's launch in London that the team concluded the deal with Bridgestone.


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