Jos fits seat in Faenza

Published on 15 January 2003 by Huub Rothengatter

This morning at 10.30 Jos arrived in Italy accompanied by photographer Frits van Eldik. His engineer Greg Wheeler was waiting for them and took them to the Minardi factory. Jos was scheduled to fit a seat and meet his new colleagues.

Jos and his engineer Greg Wheeler; reunited. (Photo: Frits van Eldik)

They started with a tour of the factory, he shook lots of hands. "Everyone is very enthusiastic." Jos told us earlier tonight when we rang him in his hotel. "The team is a lot smaller than I am used to but the welcome was fantastic. I am very impressed with the professional attitude of everyone" After lunch they started with fitting a seat for Jos. "Two seats were made" Jos tells us "Tomorrow we will see if they are fine, then I will be flying home again.

Team boss Paul Stoddart was not in Faenza, the Italian homebase of Minardi but Jos will see him tomorrow before he goes home. In the meantime the mechanics are working to get the accelerator and brake pedal right for Jos. Nothing usefull can be said about that. "The only way to feel if everything is okay is when I am driving my first laps on a circuit." according to Jos who obviously is enjoying his day at Minardi.

More photos made by Frits van Eldik are available in the fanzone.