Gachot was sent to prison mid-season for attacking a taxi driver, and was replaced for the Belgian Grand Prix by Michael Schumacher. De Cesaris ran second for much of the Belgian Grand Prix, and was actually gaining on leader Ayrton Senna until the car failed in the closing laps. The team had a very solid debut finishing 5th in the Constructors' Championship, with de Cesaris finishing 9th in the Drivers' Championship. Jordan hired Italian veteran Andrea de Cesaris and Belgian Bertrand Gachot to race his first cars, which were powered by Ford. The first driver to test a Jordan F1 car was John Watson. Jordan's 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. History Early history īertrand Gachot giving Jordan its F1 début at the 1991 United States Grand Prix. In 2018, as a result of the financial collapse of the Force India team, and its subsequent buyout by a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll, the team's FIA entry was not transferred, and the Jordan Grand Prix's original entry came to an end. 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, Later that same year, it was sold to Dutch car manufacturer Spyker to become Spyker F, and then sold again to become Force India in 2008.

The team was based at Silverstone, UK but raced with an Irish licence. The team was named after Irish businessman and founder Eddie Jordan. Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. Ford, Yamaha, Hart, Peugeot, Mugen-Honda, Honda, Toyota

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