F1 Jordan 1999
It was designed by technical director mike gascoyne and his assistant tim holloway.
F1 jordan 1999. The jordan 199 was the car with which the jordan formula one team used to compete in the 1999 formula one season. It was driven by 1996 world champion damon hill who had won the teams first grand prix in belgium the previous season and heinz harald frentzen who was swapped with williams in favour of ralf schumacher. 143 renault rs 19 ricciardo 3 2019 171 formula 1 auto collection f1 binder. 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.
This 1999 jordan f1 car is an ex racer from jordans most successful season in formula 1. 2695 2425 pp. 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. Ride onboard with the jordan mugen honda of german driver heinz harald frentzen during practice for the 1999 japanese grand prix at the suzuka international.
143 jordan 199 1999 harald frentzen f1 formula 1 ixo altaya a escala diecast. 143 mclaren m23 emilio de villota 36 1977 n 163 formula 1 auto collection f1. Formula 1 1165923 views. In 1999 jordan claimed third place in both the drivers and constructors championships a remarkable achievement for a privateer team in the modern era.
The car was also driven by test drivers tomas enge and shinji nakano. Poor heinz said gallagher referring to heinz harald frentzen who was driving for jordan at the time and retired from the lead of the race at the nurburgring. Jordan grand prix f1. The 199 was a.
1704 1307 pp. Over fifteen years in the sport jordan claimed four victories half of which were with heinz harald frentzen in the 1999 season in a sister car to this. Ahead of our live stream this evening of the sensational 1999 european grand prix mark gallagher who was jordan marketing director at the time posted an intriguing tweet that needed following up. Driving the 191 at the 1991 hungarian grand prix bertrand gachot took the fastest lap of the race.
Jordan insider explains real reason frentzen retired from the 99 european gp.