Jordan EJ12

**Jordan EJ12**
	Jordan EJ12
Constructor:	Jordan Grand Prix
Designer:	Gary Anderson (Technical Director) ; John McQuillam (Chief Designer) ; John Iley ( Chief Aerodynamicist)
Predecessor:	Jordan EJ11
Successor:	Jordan EJ13
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Honeycomb sandwich monocoque made of CFRP
Engine:	Honda RA002E, 3,000 cc, V10 engine, 3.0 liter naturally aspirated engine
Length:	4.6 m
Height:	0.95 m
Wheelbase:	3.00 m
Weight:	600 kg
Tires:	Bridgestone
Petrol:	Liqui Moly
statistics
Driver:	9. Giancarlo Fisichella 10. Takuma Sato ;
First start:	2002 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2002 Japanese Grand Prix
World Cup points:	9
Podiums:	-
Leadership laps:	- over 0 km

The Jordan EJ12 was the Formula 1 - racing cars of Jordan Grand Prix for the 2002 season . It was the twelfth car of Jordan overall and a direct successor to the Jordan EJ11 .

General

After the rather sobering 2001 season, Jordan had significantly less funds in 2002 than in the previous years. The car was supposed to make the powerful Honda engine more effective through new aerodynamics and weight savings. Contrary to all hopes, the EJ12 proved to be not very competitive from the start. Both drivers rarely made it into the points. Giancarlo Fisichella scored the most points, finishing three fifth and one sixth place. Sato needed the time up to the last season and home Grand Prix to score, but finished fifth there. In the end, Jordan finished sixth in the constructors' championship with nine points, leaving Arrows , Jaguar , Minardi , BAR , which also competed with Honda engines, and the new Toyota team behind. Victories, podiums or even world championship titles seemed to have moved into the unattainable distance.

technology

For the 2002 season, Jordan developed a rather unconventional vehicle that was particularly noticeable with its very narrow side pods and deeply lowered nose. The front wing construction of the previous year's Jordan EJ11 with two 45 degrees inclined cross braces was retained. The weight lost due to the new side pods should benefit the speed and better use of the engine's power. The tires were again obtained from Bridgestone , the gasoline, unlike in previous years, no longer from Elf Aquitaine , but from Liqui Moly .

As with the previous EJ11 model, Jordan used a seven-speed gearbox with an additional reverse gear and engine from Honda. The Japanese company provided the Honda RA002E 3.0 l ten-cylinder, which British American Racing also used in the BAR 004 . The unit developed between 835 and 865 hp at up to 18,800 revolutions per minute. Each cylinder had four valves. The Honda PGM-FI system was used as the injection system and the Honda PGM-IG as the ignition system. Spark plugs were obtained from NGK Spark Plug .

Sponsors and liveries

The vehicle was kept almost entirely in yellow - only the front and rear wings and the underside of the side pods and the rims were black. With the new season, DHL and Deutsche Post became the main sponsors and appeared accordingly on the vehicle nose, on the side pods, on the air scoop and on the side of the cockpit. The previous main sponsor, Benson & Hedges , took a back seat and only appeared on the front and rear wings and the top of the vehicle nose. In addition to engine supplier Honda , there were also some smaller sponsors.

For the first time since 1997, no drawing of an animal adorned the sides of the vehicle nose. In countries where tobacco advertising was prohibited, the letters N, S, and H were masked off in black in the Benson & Hedges logo - the phrase “Be On Edge” appeared.

driver

For the season pledged Eddie Jordan two new drivers. The already experienced Italian Giancarlo Fisichella drove the first car with the starting number 9, while the newcomer Takuma Sato , who had been brokered by Honda, drove the second driver with the starting number 10. As in the previous year, the Brazilian Ricardo Zonta remained a test driver. Fisichella was almost invariably superior to his teammate in both qualifying and the race and scored a large part of the total points for the season with 7. Sato's success only came at the home Grand Prix in Suzuka, when he finished fifth after a strong qualifying and was celebrated by the home crowd for this.

At the end of the season, Fisichella stayed with the team, while Takuma Sato moved to British American Racing , which would later become the Honda factory team. His place was taken in 2003 by the Irishman Ralph Firman , who was represented in two races by Zsolt Baumgartner from Hungary. Zonta's contract was not renewed.

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 2002																			9	6th
Italy G. Fisichella	09	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	5	5	DNF	7th	DNQ	DNF	6th	DNF	8th	7th	DNF
Japan T. Sato	10	DNF	9	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	16	DNF	DNF	8th	10	11	12	11	5

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 EJ12 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://www.allf1.info/engines/honda.php

[2] ttp://f1thundergp.tripod.com/f1_jordan.html

[3] ttps://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/to+be+on+edge.html

[4] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlwwwjFFxlU