26th February - Justin Wilson was just too tall. | |
Justin tested for the Irish team last September and October and many felt the Britain, who romped to the F3000 crown, should have been given his chance ahead of F3 champion, Takuma Sato. Justin tested very impressively - on his F1 test debut he finished just 0.6sec behind Jordan driver Jean Alesi and only a second behind Wurz in a McLaren who led the timesheets. Ironically on that same day he finished over 2 seconds ahead of Mark Webber, the driver he beat to the F3000 championship and the man who has since secured an F1 drive with Minardi for 2002.
But Jordan had to give Wilson the thumbs-down because, at 6ft 1in, the driver was too big to fit comfortably into the cockpit, and a major redesign would have led to aerodynamic disadvantages.
Eddie is obviously very happy with the two drivers he has got for the upcoming season. "I am pleased with the drivers we have for this season. Fisichella is the most under-rated racer in the pit-lane and if we can hand him the equipment he will be a threat to the likes of Juan Pablo Montoya and David Coulthard.
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