Full name | Jordan Grand Prix |
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Base | Silverstone, Northamptonshire, UK |
Founder(s) | Eddie Jordan |
Noted staff |
Gary Anderson Adrian Burgess Mike Gascoyne Sam Michael Rob Smedley |
Noted drivers | Rubens Barrichello Eddie Irvine Damon Hill Nick Heidfeld Heinz-Harald Frentzen Michael Schumacher Jean Alesi Ralf Schumacher Jarno Trulli Andrea de Cesaris Giancarlo Fisichella |
Next name | Midland F1 Racing |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1991 United States Grand Prix |
Races entered | 250 |
Constructors' Championships |
0 (Best finish: 3rd in 1999) |
Drivers' Championships |
0 (Best finish: Frentzen 3rd in 1999) |
Race victories | 4 |
Podiums | 19 |
Pole positions | 2 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Final entry | 2005 Chinese Grand Prix |
Jordan Grand Prix was an Irish Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. The team is named after Irish businessman and founder Eddie Jordan. Jordan and his team were well known for a "rock and roll" attitude which added colour and character to Formula One in the 1990s.
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 season, before being sold later in 2006 to Dutch car manufacturer Spyker to become Spyker F1 for 2007, and then sold again to become Force India in 2008.
Eddie Jordan had a brief stint as a race driver in the late 1970s before founding Eddie Jordan Racing in the early 1980s. The team first came to prominence in British Formula Three with a duel between one-time Jordan test driver Ayrton Senna and Jordan-Ralt driver Martin Brundle, edged out by the Brazilian at the last round of the championship. The team graduated to International Formula 3000 for 1988, winning its first race in the category with Johnny Herbert. In 1989, Jordan won the F3000 drivers' championship with future Formula One star Jean Alesi. The team also ran future F1 drivers such as Martin Donnelly and Eddie Irvine in F3000.