Belgian Bas Leinders made an inauspicious start to his Formula One test debut with Jordan this morning, crashing on his first lap out of the pits in Barcelona.
Jordan said that Leinders, one of several candidates being assessed for the vacant test driver role, went off early in the session at the Circuit de Catalunya and mechanics were rebuilding the car. Reporters at the circuit said Leinders, 28, completed just six corners before crashing.
It was the second setback in two days for the hard-up team, who have yet to name any drivers for the season starting in Australia in March and who are testing for the first time this year.
Yesterday, Germany's Timo Glock went off into gravel on his debut and Jordan also lost some more time due to an engine misfire.
Despite that, Eddie Jordan praised Glock's performance: "For Timo Glock's first time in a Formula One car, to do over 50 laps of a grand prix circuit at the pace he did was very impressive. It would be nice to see if he can build on this."
Jordan are expected to name their drivers for the rest of the week's testing later today.