By Nikki Reynolds, F1 Editor - Motorsport.com

Jordan has announced 21 year-old Timo Glock as its third driver for Friday
practices at Grand Prix weekends. The German initially competed in the BMW
Formula ADAC series for two years then finished third in International F3 in
2002. Last year he raced in the F3 Euro series and tested for Jordan at
Barcelona and Silverstone over the winter.

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"I'm very happy and proud that I can be part of Jordan Ford with a place in
Formula One for the 2004 season," said Glock. "I thank the Jordan technical
staff who made it possible for me to give a good performance at the
Barcelona and Silverstone testing sessions recently. We have worked together
successfully already and I'm looking forward to a fantastic time with them
this year."

Team boss Eddie Jordan commented: "Timo Glock is one of the most promising
young driving talents in Germany at the moment and I'm delighted that we are
able to offer him a regular F1 testing role. He's come up through the junior
categories quickly and this will give him an invaluable opportunity to learn
every Grand Prix circuit on the calendar."

"It's a perfect training ground and will also help the team in terms of
having another car's data to assist with our preparation for each race. Timo
has really impressed our engineers with his testing feedback and we are now
hoping to guide him through this next stage of his career with the ultimate
aim for him to become a Grand Prix driver of the future."

Jordan now has a complete line up for 2004, race driver Nick Heidfeld and
Giorgio Pantano being confirmed recently. Glock will be familiar with some
faces already in F1, as he competed against Toyota test driver Ryan Briscoe
and Jaguar rookie Christian Klien in Euro F3.





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