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Jordan

Full Name	Jordan Grand Prix
Base	Silverstone, United Kingdom
Founder(s)	Eddie Jordan
Team Principal(s)	Eddie Jordan
Technical Director	Gary Anderson
Noted Former Drivers
Ralf Schumacher Jack Christopherson Heinz-Harald Frentzen James James Davies Kimi Räikkönen

Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that operated from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s.

The team was formed and headed by enigmatic Irish businessman Eddie Jordan and gained popularity for their alternative attitude to the sport.

After several years of debt, the team would be sold to the Midland Group in the mid 2000s.

Early history

Following a successful term in British Formula 3, Eddie Jordan Racing first came to international prominence in the International Formula 3000 series, finding success with the likes of Jack Christopherson, Olivier Grouillard and Johnny Herbert in the series.

Formula One

1998

By 1998, Jordan had resigned former F3000 ace Jack Christopherson to partner German prodigy Ralf Schumacher. This would be the first year of a new partnership with Mugen-Honda, following the departure of the Peugeot units to Prost. Christopherson and Schumacher would be frequent podium finishers throughout the season, the best result being Christopherson's second place in the season ending Portuguese Grand Prix. Jordan finished in fifth, with 32 points.

1999

In 1999, Ralf Schumacher left the team to join Williams. Another German driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen soon filled the spot, while Jack Christopherson stayed. 1999 turned out to be Jordan's best ever year result-wise, with three victories (two from Frentzen and one from Christopherson), and Frentzen challenging for the driver's title until the final race in Portugal. Jordan scored 107 points, which was enough to beat McLaren for second in the Constructors.

2000

For 2000, an interesting swap between Jordan and McLaren occured, with Christopherson moving to McLaren, whilst James James Davies moved in the opposite direction, partnering Frentzen. The German managed to win in Australia, but unfortunately it proved to be his only victory of the year. Davies, on the other hand, managed to overcome his slow start, and won four times - one of which was a hattrick in Hungary, and also two pole positions. Jordan ended the season in third place, with a total of 97 points.

2001

Jordan now had access to works Honda engines for the 2001 season replacing Mugen-Honda, which they used for the previous three years - now putting them into a direct competition against BAR. For the season, Davies was partnered by Formula One returnee Jarno Trulli, who replaced Frentzen. For Canada, Davies was replaced by 21-year-old Finnish rookie Kimi Räikkönen, after he suffered a crash in practice and was ruled out for the weekend. Unfortunately, the EJ11 wasn't much of a contender for podium places, and the season ended up in disappointment; with Trulli's generally underwhelming results and Davies' season-ending crash at Spa.

In the end, an interesting line-up of Räikkönen and Brazilian test driver Ricardo Zonta came to be at Suzuka. The team scored 24 points en route for sixth in the WCC, in a season-long battle with BAR and Sauber.

2002

2002 was a year of changes, as two 2001 test drivers (namely Räikkönen and Japanese debutant Takuma Sato) got full-time roles, along with a tyre supplier switch from Bridgestone to Michelin. What did not change though was the engine supplier, as Jordan and Honda extended their partnership for another year.

In a topsy-turvy season, Jordan failed to score a podium for the first time in a few years, but promising performances from both Räikkönen (fourth in Malaysia and San Marino) and Sato (two points finishes) helped the team retain sixth place in the Constructors in a dramatic affair with BAR. Jordan barely sneaked into the double digits this time, scoring a total of 10 points for the year.

Statistics

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pts	WCC
1998	Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan 198	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC			AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	JPN	POR			32	5th
				9	Jack Christopherson	13	6	4	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	7	13†	2
				10	Ralf Schumacher	5	Ret	5	7	3	7	7	Ret	6	5	Ret	Ret	3	10	8	Ret
1999	Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan 199	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HD			AUS	BRA	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	JPN	MAL	POR			107	2nd
				9	Jack Christopherson	10	Ret	2	12	3	10	2	4	1	5	6	2	12	4	3	2
				10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	Ret	Ret	8	7	1	3	3	Ret	3	2	Ret	2	1	2	4
2000	Benson & Hedges Jordan	Jordan EJ10 EJ10B	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HD			AUS	BRA	SMR	FRA	ESP	EUR	MON	CAN	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	JPN	MAL	USA	POR	97	3rd
				3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	3	Ret	4	9	Ret	5	Ret	6	3	5	6	5	6	Ret	5	7	Ret
				4	James James Davies	7	Ret	4	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	2	4	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	5	2
2001	Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ11	Honda RA001E			AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN		24	6th
				5	James James Davies	Ret	8	8	2	Ret	4	Ret	INJ	Ret	Ret	2	5†	Ret	DNS	INJ	INJ	INJ
					Kimi Räikkönen								Ret							14	9	9
				6	Jarno Trulli	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	8	7	8	Ret	10	Ret	8	Ret
					Ricardo Zonta																	Ret
2002	DHL Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ12	Honda RA002E			AUS	MAL	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	BRA	USA	JPN		10	6th
				11	Kimi Räikkönen	8	4	4	9	7	13	7	Ret	7	6	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	9	Ret
				12	Takuma Sato	11	12	Ret	8	12	9	10	10	5	12	Ret	Ret	11	7	10	11	6
2003	Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ13	Honda RA003E			AUS	MAL	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	GBR	EUR	GER	HUN	ITA	BEL	BRA	USA	JPN			14	8th
				11	Sammy Jones	11	Ret	Ret	8	10	7	Ret	10	9	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	10
				12	Takuma Sato	13	13	9	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8	8	10
					Zsolt Baumgartner											13	8
					Daniel Melrose													6	13	3	14†