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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. The team was named after Irish businessman and founder Eddie Jordan (1948-2025) and was based at Silverstone, England, 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 Midland F1 Racing for the 2006 season. Later that same year, it was sold to Dutch car manufacturer, Spyker, to become Spyker F1 for the 2007 season, and then sold again to become Force India in 2008. 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. As of 2025 the team competes as the Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team.

Headquarters: Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, 1991-2005

The Jordan 191 was a Formula One car designed by Gary Anderson for use by Jordan Grand Prix in its debut season in 1991. Its best finish was in Canada and Mexico, where Andrea de Cesaris drove it to fourth place at both races. Driving the 191 at the 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix, Bertrand Gachot took the fastest lap of the race.

The car had a tidy form with a raised nose and a drooping rear diffuser. Originally designed for the Judd V8, the 191 ended up being powered by a Cosworth-Ford HB V8 engine, Jordan having arranged a customer supply after fortuitously making contact with a senior executive at Cosworth.

On the sponsorship front, after failed negotiations with the cigarette brand Camel that had sponsored Jordan's F3000 team, Jordan signed 7 Up, a soft drink company, as the team's major sponsor. The 7 Up corporate colour was green and this tied in with that of the Japanese camera film company Fuji. After Eddie Jordan approached the company, terms were agreed and Fuji also joined as a sponsor.

In their first season, Jordan finished fifth in the Constructors' Championship, scoring 13 points with the 191. De Cesaris was ninth in the Drivers' Championship with nine points while Gachot's four points earned him a share of 12th.

The 191 is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful Formula 1 cars of all time. The car won the Autosport Racing Car of the Year award for 1991.

A total of seven 191 chassis were built across the year; one was destroyed in an accident at the British Grand Prix.

andrea de cesaris

1991

ford hba4, 3494 cc V8, mid-engine

circuit gilles villeneuve

Jordan 191 1991

The Jordan 194 was the car with which the Jordan team competed in the 1994 Formula One World Championship. The number 14 car was driven by Rubens Barrichello and the number 15 car by Eddie Irvine, with Aguri Suzuki and Andrea de Cesaris deputising for Irvine when he was banned for three races early in the season. Kelvin Burt was named as test driver, but his mileage in the car was limited.

The engine was a Hart 1035 3.5 V10, a developed version of the engine which had proved promising in 1993. The engine produced 700 horsepower at 13.000 RPM, with a maximum limit of around 13.600 RPM. It delivered roughly 454 N·m of torque.

With driver aids such as traction control and active suspension banned for the 1994 season, the car used a conventional semi-automatic gearbox and pushrod double wishbone suspension.

The simpler technical regulations of 1994 seemed to benefit Jordan and the 194 recaptured the level of performance seen in the team's debut season, 1991. Indeed, the cut-down airbox and drooping front wing of the 194 recalled the design features of the 191.

The season ended with Jordan having scored 28 points, their then highest-ever seasonal score, and having restored themselves to 5th place in the Constructors' Championship behind the 'big four' teams of Williams, Benetton, Ferrari and McLaren.

At the Italian Grand Prix, Jordan announced an agreement to use factory-supported Peugeot engines in F1 from 1995, meaning the relationship with Hart came to an end after the Australian Grand Prix. The Peugeot engines powered the new Jordan 195.