Jordan

Jordan

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

2003

Jordan went into 2003 with another change in their driver lineup, Kimi Raikkonen having departed the team to join Sauber for 2003. His replacement would be one-time race winner Sammy Jones, who left the team's main rival in 2002, BAR, to join Takuma Sato, who had been retained for 2003 at the behest of Honda. Also gone was DHL's sponsorship money, leaving the team without a title sponsor for the first time in its history.

The team's lack of funding could be seen in a visible decline on track, with the underdeveloped EJ13 struggling badly in the early rounds, scoring just three points (all by Jones) in the first six rounds, and recording four retirements in that period. The previously amiable works engine deal with Honda also deteriorated as the season went on, culminating with the Japanese manufacturer choosing to only supply BAR from 2004 after Sato was injured in a crash in Hungary free practice, a decision no doubt influenced by the teams reluctance to use a Honda supplied replacement driver, instead going for the well-funded Hungarian HWNSNBM. After he recovered, Sato left the team by mutual agreement, to be replaced by Australian rookie Daniel Melrose, who achieved by far the team's best result that year, a third place at the US Grand Prix, Jordan's first podium since 2001. Jones however went into a slump in the second half of the year, scoring only a solitary point (also in the USA) in the second half of the year.

Despite the late upturn in form provided by Melrose, Jordan finished the season in a disappointing eighth place, ahead of only Sauber and Minardi, with 16 points (albeit under a new points system).

2004

By 2004, Jordan's financial problems were becoming terminal - the team again started the season with a bare, sponsorless livery, and an EJ14 chassis that was little more than the previous year's design adapted for Pirelli tyres and the Mercedes engine. Daniel Melrose, scorer of most of Jordan's points in 2003 was also gone, again to Sauber as with Raikkonen a year previously, meaning the demotivated Sammy Jones would have yet another new teammate at Jordan (his fourth since joining the team) - Rubens Barrichello moved from Minardi along with their customer Mercedes engine deal.

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	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR 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			16	8th
				11	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	11	Ret	Ret	8	10	7	Ret	10	9	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9
				12	Takuma Sato	13	13	9	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8	8	10
					Zsolt Baumgartner											13	8
					Template:AUS Daniel Melrose													6	13	3	13†
2004	Jordan Grand Prix	Jordan EJ14	Mercedes FO110Q			AUS	MAL	BHR	MON	CAN	USA	CHN	BRA	ARG	KOR	PAC	JPN
				16	Rubens Barrichello										C
				17	Template:GBR Sammy Jones										C

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