4 Days Until the 2008 Australian GP

March 10th, 2008 | by Farzad |

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Since the team started in 1991, Jordan has won four races. It took until 1998 before the first win arrived. In a rain soaked Spa-Francorchamps, Damon Hill secured the team’s first win. This happened after one of the biggest pile-ups in Formula One history at the first start, where 15 of the 22 cars were damaged. The only team to survive the shunt without any damage was Jordan. At the second start, Hill took the lead, but after a while had to make way for the much faster Michael Schumacher. However, as Schumacher collided with McLaren driver David Coulthard, Hill inherited the lead and brought home Jordan’s first win.

The team’s second win came a year later in the French Grand Prix. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was victorious, again in wet conditions. The German drove a solid race climbing into first late in the race after it had previously been a battle between Rubens Barrichello in the Stewart, both McLarens and Michael Schumacher. Jordan’s third victory came later in 1999, when Frentzen was the winner in Monza. Starting from second, Frentzen remained behind Mika Hakkinen until the Finn retired after which he was able to keep Ralf Schumacher at a safe distance for Jordan’s first dry win.

The team’s final win so far was again in an incident packed race. In once again wet circumstances with many drivers crashing out, Giancarlo Fisichella reached the red flag behind Kimi Raikkonen after Fernando Alonso had ploughed into the wreckage of Mark Webber’s Jaguar. However, the result of the previous lap counted and Fisichella and Jordan were declared winners of the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix.

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