Eddie Jordan’s team burst into Formula 1 in 1991 and immediately left an impression.
Before the 2006 -owned MF1 racing for 2006, Jordan Grand Prix built a cult, helped launch the career of several drivers and briefly became a championship contender.
Preliminary success
1991 Canadian GP (2 June 1991)
Andrea de Cesaris, Jordan 191
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Bertrand Gachot, Jordan 191
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Jordan’s first F1 car was a good and underlined that fact as the five rounds of five rounds of the 1991 campaign. Andrea de Cesaris, who never did better when he was in Jordan, led the Bertrand Gachot as the team took their first points with the fourth and fifth.
Introduction to a legend
1991 Belgium GP (25 August 1991)
Michael Shumakar, Jordan 191 Ford
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Michael Shumakar, Jordan
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Michael SchumacherThe arrival of – as a replacement of imprisoned Burtrand Gachot – F1 has been passed in folklore. Mercedes Sportscar Junior finished seventh in the spa, although his clutch failed in the lap of one of the races. Until the next program, Shumacar was in Beneton, but he was a good example of giving a chance to Jordan’s young talent.
Podium
1994 Pacific GP (17 April 1994)
Rubens Berichelo, Jordan 194-Hart
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Podium: Gerhard Berger, Ferrari second; Michael Schumacar, Beneton winner; Rubens Barichelo, Jordan Third
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Rubens Barichelo Another future Grand Prix was the winner who started his F1 career in Jordan. After a few difficult years, Jordan was stronger in 1994 and Barichelo found a dramatic opening lap in Prashant GP in Eda, who moved to third place on the grid from eighth and gave Jordan his first podium in F1.
First pole
1994 Belgium GP (26 August 1994)
Rubens Barichelo, Jordan
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Rubens Barichelo, Jordan
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A classic weight but the Drying Friday Qualifying session gave Rubens Berchello a chance to top the Times, which meant that when the Saturday’s session was even more wet, he took the poll. From Jordan’s first F1 pole, Barrichelo fell to third place on the opening lap and later closed, but another milestone arrived.
Closer
1995 Canadian GP (11 June 1995)
Eddie Irwin, Jordan 195
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Rubens Barichelo, Jordan, 2nd, and Jordan team partner Eddie Irwin, Jordan, celebrates 3G status, podium
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A deal with Puzo supported the Jordan manufacturer in 1995, although 195 was rarely able to challenge big guns. But in the race for attraction, Rubens Barichelo and Eddy irvin The order worked in his own way and got in the second and third inherited when Michael Shumakar’s Beneton hit the closing stages.
Emotional victory
1998 Belgium GP (30 August 1998)
Demon Hill, Jordan 198 Leeds Michael Shumacar, Ferrari F300 and Eddie Irwin, Ferrari F300
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Eddie Jordan, Jordan GP
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Despite the arrival of 1996 world champion Damon HillJordan struggled in 1998 at the beginning of the new narrow-car/groved-tier F1 era. But in 198, there was a rapid improvement and an inspired hill finished third in the spa. A chaotic wet race that included a startline shunt and Michael Shumacker David coolthardHill scored 1-2 to Ghar Ralph Shumakar and gave Jordan a popular first F1 win.
Frentzen Strike in France
1999 French GP (27 June 1999)
Henz-Harald Frentzen, Jordan Mugan Honda 199
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Eddie Jordan, Principal of the team, Hanz-Harald Frentzen on Podium with Jordan Grand Prix, 1 position, first position
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Jordan brought out the best Henz-hald frontazhenAnd a combination of 199 speed and mistakes Ferrari And McLaren German was put in a title dispute. A shrewd strategy in a rain-affected magn-curre-competition helped Frentzen in his-Jordan’s second GP win.
Championship Challengers
1999 Italian GP (12 September 1999)
Henz-Harald Frentzen, Jordan 199
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Winner Henz-Harald Frenzen, Jordan Mugan Honda
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Constant scoring kept the Hanz-Harald Frentzen in unclearly contact at the drivers’ championships, and their opportunities in Monza greatly improved. He finished second and when the lead inherited Micah Hakkinan Dropped his McLaren. The next time that victory in Nerburging, Plus Pols gave Jordan a real pace, but the electrical failure in the European GP made Frentzen out of a promising position, and he finally finished third in the standing.
One last storm
2003 Brazilian GP (6 April 2003)
Jordan Ford Ej13, Giancarlo Fisichella, drives through debris on the track
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Giancarlo Fisichella has been awarded the winner’s trophy with Eddie Jordan since last round in Brazil.
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Jordan’s decline with tricky financial and engine conditions was Swift, and the EJ13 was the second worst car on the 2003 grid. But a strategy gambling was paid when the race was red-chipped Fernando AlonsoHuge accident. Km ricononMcLaren had just rebuilt Giancarlo fisichala After the earlier error, but the Jordan driver results then the results were inherited when the results were inherited – eventually – lap 54, withdrawn at the end of the lap 54, the only official lap in Ficichala’s lead.
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