JORDAN GP

The 191, Jordan’s first F1 car, is considered one of the most beautiful ever designed. The team had to pre-qualify for the first eight races but still finished a more than respectable fifth in the constructors’ championship in 1991, its first season

The addition of Hissing Sid, the Jordan mascot, to the car’s livery for 1997 was creative genius. At the same time the team switched to the yellow that became its signature colour, and also got clever to circumvent the ban on tobacco advertising at certain circuits. Bitten and Hisses anyone?

Despite having the underpowered Hart V10 in the 194, Jordan started 1994 well with Rubens Barrichello fourth in the first race in Brazil. At the next race,