Eddie Jordan’s crew burst into System 1 in 1991 and instantly made an impression.
Earlier than turning into the Midland-owned MF1 Racing for 2006, Jordan Grand Prix constructed up a cult following, helped launch the careers of a number of drivers and briefly grew to become a championship contender.
Learn Additionally:
Early breakthrough
1991 Canadian GP (2 June 1991)
Andrea de Cesaris, Jordan 191
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Bertrand Gachot, Jordan 191
Photograph by: Motorsport Photos
Jordan’s first F1 automotive was a superb one and underlined that truth as early as spherical 5 of the 1991 marketing campaign. Andrea de Cesaris, who arguably by no means drove higher than when he was at Jordan, led Bertrand Gachot because the crew took its first factors with fourth and fifth.
Introducing a legend
1991 Belgian GP (25 August 1991)
Michael Schumacher, Jordan 191 Ford
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Michael Schumacher, Jordan
Photograph by: Rainer W. Schlegelmilch / Motorsport Photos
Michael Schumacher’s arrival – as a alternative for the imprisoned Bertrand Gachot – has handed into F1 folklore. The Mercedes sportscar junior certified seventh at Spa, although his clutch failed on lap one of many race. By the following occasion, Schumacher was at Benetton, however he had been a wonderful instance of Jordan giving younger expertise an opportunity.
Making the rostrum
1994 Pacific GP (17 April 1994)
Rubens Barrichello, Jordan 194-Hart
Photograph by: Motorsport Photos
Podium: Gerhard Berger, Ferrari second; Michael Schumacher, Benetton winner; Rubens Barrichello, Jordan third
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Rubens Barrichello was one other future grand prix winner who began his F1 profession at Jordan. After a few powerful years, Jordan was stronger in 1994 and Barrichello survived a dramatic opening lap within the Pacific GP at Aida to rise from eighth on the grid to 3rd and provides Jordan its first podium in F1.
The primary pole
1994 Belgian GP (26 August 1994)
Rubens Barrichello, Jordan
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Rubens Barrichello, Jordan
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
A basic moist however drying Friday qualifying session gave Rubens Barrichello the possibility to high the instances, which meant he took pole when Saturday’s session was even wetter. From Jordan’s first F1 pole, Barrichello fell to 3rd on the opening lap and later spun off, however one other milestone had been reached.
Edging nearer
1995 Canadian GP (11 June 1995)
Eddie Irvine, Jordan 195
Photograph by: Motorsport Photos
Rubens Barrichello, Jordan, 2nd place, and Jordan teammate Eddie Irvine, Jordan, third place, rejoice on the rostrum
Photograph by: Rainer W. Schlegelmilch / Motorsport Photos
A cope with Peugeot gave Jordan producer help in 1995, although the 195 was hardly ever in a position to problem the massive weapons. However in a race of attrition, Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine labored their means up the order and inherited second and third when Michael Schumacher’s Benetton hit bother within the closing levels.
Emotional victory
1998 Belgian GP (30 August 1998)
Damon Hill, Jordan 198 leads Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F300 and Eddie Irvine, Ferrari F300
Photograph by: Steve Etherington / Motorsport Photos
Eddie Jordan, Jordan GP
Photograph by: Michael Cooper / Motorsport Photos
Regardless of the arrival of 1996 world champion Damon Hill, Jordan struggled firstly of the brand new narrow-car/grooved-tyre F1 period in 1998. However the 198 quickly improved and an impressed Hill certified third at Spa. In a chaotic moist race that included a startline shunt and Michael Schumacher crashing into the again of David Coulthard, Hill led house Ralf Schumacher to attain a 1-2 and provides Jordan a preferred first F1 victory.
Frentzen strikes in France
1999 French GP (27 June 1999)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jordan Mugen Honda 199
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Heinz-Harald Frentzen, 1st place, on the rostrum with Eddie Jordan, Staff Principal, Jordan Grand Prix
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Jordan introduced the perfect out of Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and a mixture of the 199’s tempo and errors at Ferrari and McLaren stored the German in title rivalry. A intelligent technique in a rain-affected Magny-Cours contest helped Frentzen to his – and Jordan’s – second GP victory.
Championship challengers
1999 Italian GP (12 September 1999)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jordan 199
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Winner Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jordan Mugen Honda
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Constant scoring stored Heinz-Harald Frentzen vaguely in contact within the drivers’ championship, and his possibilities improved considerably at Monza. He certified second and inherited the lead when Mika Hakkinen dropped his McLaren. That victory, plus pole subsequent time on the Nurburgring, gave Jordan real momentum, however electrical failure within the European GP put Frentzen out of a promising place, and he finally completed third within the standings.
One final hurrah
2003 Brazilian GP (6 April 2003)
Giancarlo Fisichella, Jordan Ford EJ13, drives by means of the particles on the monitor
Photograph by: Motorsport Photos
Giancarlo Fisichella is awarded the winner’s trophy alongside Eddie Jordan from the earlier spherical in Brazil
Photograph by: Motorsport Photos
Jordan’s decline, with difficult monetary and engine conditions, was swift, and the EJ13 was the second-worst automotive on the 2003 grid. However a method gamble paid off when the race was red-flagged following Fernando Alonso’s large crash. Kimi Raikkonen’s McLaren had simply repassed Giancarlo Fisichella after an earlier error, however the Jordan driver inherited Interlagos victory when the outcomes had been – finally – taken again to the tip of lap 54, Fisichella’s solely official lap within the lead.
On this article
Kevin Turner
System 1
Jordan
Be the primary to know and subscribe for real-time information electronic mail updates on these subjects
Subscribe to information alerts
