Jordan EJ10

**Jordan EJ10**
	Frentzen at the Belgian Grand Prix in 2000
Constructor:	Jordan
Designer:	Mike Gascoyne (Technical Director) ; Tim Holloway (Designer) ; John Iley (Aerodynamics)
Predecessor:	Jordan 199
Successor:	Jordan EJ11
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Pressed composite monocoque made of CFRP
Engine:	Mugen-Honda MF-301HE / B 2,998 cm³, 72 ° V10 naturally aspirated engine
Length:	4550 mm
Width:	1800 mm
Height:	0950 mm
Wheelbase:	3050 mm
Weight:	0600 kg (including driver)
Tires:	Bridgestone
Petrol:	Eleven
statistics
Driver:	5. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 6. Jarno Trulli ;
First start:	2000 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
World Cup points:	17th
Podiums:	2
Leadership laps:	9 over 47.238 km

The Jordan EJ10 was the Formula 1 - racing cars of Jordan Mugen-Honda for the 2000 season . In contrast to the Jordan 199 from the previous year , it did not come from the Jordan 198 from the 1998 Formula 1 season , but was a completely new development. The new abbreviation EJ10 was also an allusion to the initials of the team founder Eddie Jordan and to the tenth Formula 1 season of the team, which started in 1991 for the first time.

Technology and development

Technical management

The technical director for development was Mike Gascoyne . He oversaw Tim Holloway for the construction and John Iley for the aerodynamic shape of the car.

engine

Engine was the MF-301HE-V10 naturally aspirated engine of Mugen Honda cm³ with a displacement of 2998 and a cylinder bank angle of 72 °, which according to Mugen -owners Hirotoshi Honda based for the most part on the previous version. It was 615 mm long, 520 mm wide, 395 mm high and weighed 115 kg. Each individual cylinder had four valves for a total of forty valves. In qualifying mode, the engine developed 596 kW (810 hp) at 17,400 rpm. This enabled the car to reach speeds of up to 350 km / h. In order to protect the engine, however, it only developed 566 kW (770 hp) in racing mode at a rated speed of 15,800 rpm. From the Grand Prix of Great Britain the model MF-301HE B was delivered, which delivered around twenty additional horsepower. The Honda PGM-F1 system was used as the injection system and the Honda PGM-IG as the ignition system. During the 2000 season, Jordan signed a contract with Honda to purchase the engines directly from the 2001 season and no longer through the Mugen motorsport department as it has been since 1998.

Gearbox and chassis

The self-developed sequential electro-hydraulic semi-automatic transmission had six gears and was lighter than in the previous year due to revisions. Compared to the previous year, the nose of the car has been lengthened and the aerodynamic parts have been revised. A double wishbone axle with stabilizer , internal springs and shock absorbers , actuated by push rods , was used as the wheel suspension - completely redeveloped this year - at the front and rear . The chassis was a pressed composite monocoque made of CFRP , which caused problems with the legality of the car at the beginning of the season. According to other teams, the lateral shape of the cockpit is not compliant with the rules.

Suppliers

As in the previous year, the team obtained the fuel and engine oil from Elf Aquitaine ; the tires came from Bridgestone , the brakes from Brembo , the suspension from Penske , the car battery from FIAMM and the spark plugs from NGK Spark Plug .

Racing history

Jordan EJ10 from Jarno Trulli during test drives in Monza

For the first time since the team was founded in 1991, the order of the names was changed to celebrate the team’s tenth anniversary. Thanks to the successful 1999 season, the Jordan Grand Prix now had more funds to invest in the construction of a new vehicle. According to Eddie Jordan, the aim of the season was to continue to claim race wins and podium places and to let Ferrari and McLaren "fight for their money" . The car was presented to the world public on January 31, 2000 in Theater Royal Drury Lane in London . According to Mike Gascoyne, the EJ10 was more of an evolution of the 199 than an entirely new car.

Despite these great expectations, the car proved unsuitable for consistent results. Although the EJ10 was fast and able to keep up with the front, the electronics in particular caused problems, which resulted in many failures in promising positions. He also suffered from heavy tire wear in the first half of the season, which was remedied with the evolution model EJ10B . Out of a total of 34 possible finishings, Jordan reached only 15; in the previous year the car reached the finish line 20 times in 32 starts. At the Australian Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix , Frentzen drove for a long time with the prospect of a place in the top three, but fell out with technical difficulties. Also at the German Grand Prix , which got an unexpected turn due to a cloudburst a few laps before the end, Frentzen was eliminated with electronic problems. Here he could even have taken the lead following the rest of the race. In Brazil and the United States , however, Frentzen still came in third. As a result, Jordan returned to great disenchantment after the exceptionally good season in 1999, as it fell behind the competing Benetton , BAR and Williams vehicles with a total of seventeen points at the end of the year and took sixth place among the designers. In contrast to third place in the previous year, Frentzen was only ninth in the drivers' championship, followed by team-mate Trulli in tenth place.

At the end of the season, technical director Mike Gascoyne left the team to join Benetton. Even during the season, he was released after he had Eddie Jordan announced the change request.

Painting and sponsorship

As in previous years, the basic color of the car was yellow; The front and rear wings, T-Cam and side pods were black. The main sponsor remained the tobacco brand Benson & Hedges , which advertised on both wings, the nose, the side pods and on the driver's helmets. Other sponsors were the credit card company Mastercard , Deutsche Post , engine supplier Mugen-Honda and a few small sponsors.

The races in Great Britain , France and the United States had to do without tobacco advertising. Instead, the lettering Benson & Hedges has been replaced by "Buzzin 'Hornets" (English for "Humming Hornets" ) on the places of the logos . This was an allusion to the yellow and black paintwork of the car, which was reminiscent of the yellow and black striped body of hornets, and to the stylized drawing of a hornet that adorned the sides of the vehicle nose.

driver

For the 2000 season, Heinz-Harald Frentzen became the first driver, he got the starting number five. After Damon Hill retired , the Italian Jarno Trulli joined the team as the second driver and started with the number six. Trulli drove for Prost Grand Prix the previous season . As in the previous year, the test driver was Tomáš Enge from the Czech Republic . In the final result, Frentzen prevailed with two third places and three sixth places against Jarno Trulli, who could achieve three sixth places and one fourth place. Frentzen also won the team-internal duel for points with eleven to Trullis six.

EJ10B

From the race weekend in Germany , a further developed car called the EJ10B was used for the rest of the season . Originally, the new cars were supposed to drive at the Austrian Grand Prix ; the mission was postponed.

Others

In November 2000, the Jordan Grand Prix released the energy drink EJ-10, which was named after the vehicle. It should give a “more subtle” energy boost than the competition from Red Bull and Red Devil .

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
Formula 1 World Championship 2000																			17th	6th
Germany H.-H. Frentzen	05	DNF	3	DNF	17th	6th	DNF	10	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	6th	6th	DNF	3	DNF	DNF
Italy J. Trulli	06th	DNF	4th	15th	6th	12	DNF	DNF	6th	6th	DNF	9	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	12

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Jordan EJ10 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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[marketingweek-9] rketingweek.com: ASA slams team Jordan's EJ-10 drink after complaints by Lucozade manufacturer GSK. Marketing Week, April 4, 2002, accessed April 18, 2020 .