F1 Jordan
His team was the route schumacher took to make his f1 debut and thereafter build a career that saw unprecedented success.
F1 jordan. The very pretty gary anderson designed jordan 191 raced in the 1991 formula 1 season the 1991 jordan 191 was named one of our most beautiful f1 cars ever. Watch colin mcrae test a jordan f1. Bernie ecclestone would even have been involved in this shady deal at the time because he would have preferred to have the german in a more competitive car straight away. Formula 1 car peugeot indy cars race cars grand prix racing motorsport formula racing f1 racing autosport.
The team was named after irish businessman and founder eddie jordan. The team was based at silverstone uk but raced with an irish licence. In early 2005 the team was sold to midland group who competed for one final season as jordan before renaming the team as mf1 racing for the 2006 seaso. 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 was widely estimated to have the biggest fuel tank on the grid that year which is one of the reasons frentzen was able to win in france. Jordan was the owner of the f1 team jordan grand prix. Despite his career in motorsport starting in the cockpit eddie jordan made his name in team management and ownership. Jordan reckoned mclaren had been trying to get hakkinen to build a gap because it feared frentzen was going longer on his first stint a tactic that tended to work out very well at monza in that era.
Jordan and his team were well known for an easygoing attitude which added colour and character to formula one in the 1990s. Schumacher had stepped in as a replacement for bertrand gachot after the belgian was sent to prison for assaulting a taxi driver. The latest tweets from atf1jordan. Jordan is referring to the 1991 season when schumacher made his team debut only to leave for benetton after one grand prix.
Ej founded the jordan grand prix team in 1991 which gave michael schumacher his f1 debut that same year at spa.