F1 Jordan

Edmund patrick jordan obe born 30 march 1948 also known as ej is an irish former motorsport team boss businessman and television personality. The 1991 belgian grand prix at spa and what a magic moment as michael schumacher makes his formula 1 debut for jordan behind the wheel of what we believe to be one of the best. Michael schumacher michael eddie jordan sporting legends.
f1 jordan

The car was driven by giancarlo fisichella and takuma sato.

F1 jordan. The breakup with ralf schumacher at the end of 1998 is an example of this. Its best finish was in canada and mexico where andrea de cesaris drove it to fourth place at both races. Jordan grand prix were an irish registered formula one constructor that competed in 250 races between 1991 and 2005 taking four wins. Born in dublin jordan worked first at the bank of ireland.

The jordan ej10 and an updated version the ej10b was the car with which the jordan team competed in the 2000 formula one season. The jordan 191 was a formula one car designed by gary anderson for use by jordan grand prix in its debut season in 1991. Founded by eddie jordan initially as a formula three team in the 1980s the team achieved a moderate amount of success with an average budget. The jordan ej12 was the car with which the jordan team competed in the 2002 formula one season.

Driving the 191 at the 1991 hungarian grand prix bertrand gachot took the fastest lap of the race. Eddie jordan owned a private team in the nineties that was one of the few that could compete against the big boys of mclaren and ferrari. Still it wasnt a popular place for everyone to drive. The teams 199 chassis was designed by mike gascoyne following the departure of its founding technical director gary anderson and continued to run mugen honda power.

The first driver to test a jordan f1 car was veteran ulsterman john watsonjordan hired italian veteran andrea de cesaris and belgian bertrand gachot to race his first cars which were powered by fordthe team had a very solid debut finishing 5th in. The ej12 incorporates heavy design revisions to the front of the chassis therefore requiring a re packaged front suspension system. The chassis number was changed from its traditional format of for example jordan 199 for 1999 to ej10 to celebrate the teams tenth season in formula one under eddie jordan. He won the irish kart championship in 1971 and moved to formula ford in 1974.

Jordan had taken its breakthrough 1 2 with damon hill and ralf schumacher at the previous years belgian grand prix. Jordans success in lower formulae inspired the creation of a formula one programme for the 1991 season and a change of name to jordan grand prix.