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Founded by:	Eddie Jordan

History:

1980 -	Eddie Jordan forms Jordan Motor Racing Team.
1987 -	Johnny Herbert wins British Formula 3 Championship driving a Jordan.
1988 -	Jean Alesi takes the International F3000 title for Jordan.
1990 -	Jordan F1 formed. 3rd in F3000 Championship.
1991 -	First Formula One season for Jordan.
1993 -	Jordan signs a deal to use Hart engines until the end of the 1994 season.
1995 -	Exclusive deal with Peugeot engines.
1998 -	Switch to Mugen-Honda engines. Despite a slow start, the team wins its maiden Grand Prix with a one-two at Belgium.
1999 -	Team achieved its best ever result with 3rd in the Constructors. Two race wins for HH Frentzen at Monza and Magny-Cours.
2000 -	A disappointing year sees Jordan finish 6th in the Constructor`s standings with 17 points.
2001 -	After again a disappointing year, Jordan finishes 5th in the Constructor`s championship with 19 points.

Jordan's fifteen years of Formula 1 have been like a rollercoaster. However the rollercoaster could have so easily gone higher.

It all began in 1991, when Eddie Jordan stepped his F3000 team up to the big league. For the first half of '91 the team was a regular midfielder, occasionally scoring points. However prior to the Belgian Grand Prix their hopes seemed to have been rocked by Betrand Gachots prison sentence for assaulting a London taxi driver.

However it began a whole new era of F1. Turning down more experienced and well-known drivers, Jordan went for a young German named Michael Schumacher to drive alongside Andrea De Cesaris at Spa. Schumacher qualified seventh, only to retire with mechanical problems after less than half a lap.

Jordan had found a superstar. However Schumacher didn't want to stay with a midfield team. He instantly joined Benetton. Eddie was agrieved but there was little he could do.

The years following were the wilderness years for Jordan. Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine left for better things, while Martin Brundle was signed near the end of his career. The upturn in fortunes however came in 1997. With Giancarlo Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher behind the wheel, Jordan had their most competitive season ever. However still victory eluded them. For '98 Fisichella left to join Benetton. Jordan signed Damon Hill after the former champ had a bad year at Arrows. The magic day followed in Spa. Where Michael Schumacher had made a name for himself seven years previously, Hill drove to his final ever win in atrocious conditions. Ralf Schumacher was second completing a historic day for Jordan.

Entering 1999 the team had real belief for the first time. With Frentzen replacing Ralf the team took two wins and Frentzen was third in the drivers championship. Their first dry win came at Monza, following an unusual slip-up by Mika Hakkinen.

Sadly victory eluded the team in 2000 and 2001. Jarno Trulli came close, starting second in the Monaco and Belgian Grand Prix'. In 2002 Fisichella returned to the team, while Takuma Sato made his debut. Both drivers struggled in a poor car. However Sato gave himself a major boost by finishing fifth at his home grand prix, being cheered home by the Japanese fans.

2003 would see the final win for Eddie Jordan before his team was bought out by Alex Schnaider. Fisichella won in Brazil in dreadful and controversial conditions. They would be the Italians only points of the season, while Ralf Firman took seventh in Spain. 2004 saw Jordan struggle, being left to take the scraps of the front runners. Heidfield and replacement driver Timo Glock got a double points finish in Canada.

With the team bought by Midland, 2005 would be the last season that the Jordan name would appear in F1. Luckily for the team the US GP bought a chance of much needed points due to a mass pull-out of the race. Monteiro led home Karthikeyan for third and fourth places.

Statistics

Statistic	#	Percentage	First	Last
Number of Grand Prix	250	100%	1991	2005
Number of starts	507	100.00%	1991	2005
Number of finishes	277	54.64%	1991	2005
Number of finishes on podium	19	3.75%	1994	2005
Number of finishes in points	110	21.70%	1991	2005
Number of retirements	223	43.98%	1991	2005
Number of wins	4	0.79%	1998	2003
Number of pole positions	2	0.39%	1994	1999
Number of fastest laps	2	0.39%	1991	1997