The Jordan EJ11 was the car with which the Jordan team competed in the 2001 Formula One World Championship .
49-511: The car was different from its disappointing predecessor, the Jordan EJ10 . The EJ11 now had seven gears instead of the previous car's six, and also featured a much higher nose (resulting in a shark-based livery). But, most notably, the team now had full-works Honda engines (the same engine as it was used by BAR 003 ), replacing the Mugen Honda engines used for the previous three years. This put
98-416: A 10-second stop-go penalty . Ralf Schumacher took his penalty on Lap 39 and dropped from 2nd to 4th position. "Nothing better can happen than winning your home Grand Prix. We have had a superb weekend, we got pole position, we got the win, we had a nice race again together, Ralf and myself, until the stop and go, so it was quite an entertaining weekend - a tough weekend as well. Because in the end Juan Pablo
147-563: A good result during the race, with both cars retiring whilst running outside the points-paying positions. The team were becoming frustrated with Frentzen's lack of pace in the EJ11, as he had been out qualified by Trulli in all but one race, and had scored fewer points than the Italian . Trulli had a steady race at Magny-Cours and finished in 5th, whilst Frentzen was off his team-mate's pace and finished only 8th, behind both Saubers. Things looked up for
196-461: A much smaller budget and without manufacturer backing, who had 19. The cars were off the pace again in Germany, with a double retirement ending a miserable day. Trulli may have finished on the podium, but spun in the course of a battle with Villeneuve, who went on to finish third. Zonta, again substituting for Frentzen, collided with Jos Verstappen 's Arrows early on. A major aerodynamic upgrade came for
245-466: A repeat of Canada tomorrow, as our tyres are very good and consistent here. I think we have the better tyre for the weekend, but we will have to see what happens. I am not ruling out McLaren, because we have seen them struggle in qualifying before and then they are strong in the race. We developed the car well in the morning and during qualifying we made a further set-up change in between the runs and that made me quicker." Michael Schumacher , following
294-453: A six-car pile-up on the opening lap at Monza . During the course of the season, the team announced a works Honda engine deal for 2001 , putting it in direct competition with BAR. The car's designer, Mike Gascoyne , was also placed on gardening leave during the season after he expressed a desire to join Benetton the following year. Eddie Jordan later marketed a drink called EJ-10 . For
343-412: A steady drive to a mere tenth after a poor qualifying performance and equally poor start. The team were now despairing, as the upgrade had made no difference to the car's performance, and the team were now sixth in the championship, behind BAR and Sauber, despite having the potentially faster car. Spa produced some reward for the team, with Alesi scoring a point for sixth in a chaotic race. However, this
392-470: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2001 European Grand Prix The 2001 European Grand Prix (formally the 2001 Warsteiner Grand Prix of Europe ) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 June 2001 at the Nürburgring , Nürburg , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany. It was the ninth race of the 2001 Formula One World Championship . It is also the last race held on this layout, before
441-765: The Canadian Grand Prix on 10 June, the teams tested car setups , car components and tyres at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire from 12 to 14 June to prepare for both the European Grand Prix and the British Grand Prix in July. Jaguar 's Eddie Irvine and Sauber's Nick Heidfeld withdrew from testing because of a neck pain and a minor headache, respectively. Jarno Trulli (Jordan) set
490-473: The Constructors' Championship , 41 points ahead of McLaren and 57 ahead of Williams, with 8 races of the season remaining. The 2001 European Grand Prix was the ninth of seventeen Formula One races in the 2001 Formula One World Championship , held on 24 June 2001, at the 4.556 km (2.831 mi) clockwise Nürburgring , Nürburg , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany, the sixth time the European Grand Prix
539-659: The French , British and United States Grands Prix, which was replaced with "Bitten Heroes". This was a reference to the stylized drawing of a shark on the nose and the fin on the side of the car, which had replaced the Hornet since 1998 and the accompanying lettering "Buzzin Hornets". After the September 11 attacks , the team raced in Italian and United States Grands Prix, where the American flag
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#1732884217357588-488: The 19x into EJxx. The car named EJ10 , EJ was the initials for Eddie Jordan while 10 refers to the team's tenth season in Formula One. After their successful 1999 campaign ended in a third-place finish in the constructors' championship, 2000 was seen as a massive disappointment. Although the car showed flashes of promise and usually competed for "best of the rest" honours after the dominant Ferrari and McLaren teams,
637-461: The European Grand Prix. The event featured eleven teams (each representing a different constructor ) with two drivers each, with one change from the season entry list . Having missed the previous Grand Prix due to a headache and dizziness resulting from a crash at the second free practice session of the Canadian Grand Prix, Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen was declared fit to race by
686-576: The FIA Medical Delegate Sid Watkins and returned to his seat taken over by temporary replacement Ricardo Zonta . Similarly, Irvine was suffering from a strained neck and Heidfeld was suffering from headaches; both were passed fit to race. In technical developments, Benetton announced that the team would use traction control on both their cars, which were tested during the Friday practice sessions. Four practice sessions were held before
735-570: The Sunday race—two on Friday, and two on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes. The Friday practice sessions were held in overcast conditions, clearing up later in the day. Coulthard was fastest in the first session, with a time of 1:16.888, one-tenth of a second ahead of his teammate Häkkinen. The two Ferrari drivers were third and fourth; Michael Schumacher ahead of Barrichello. Trulli set
784-591: The car proved disappointingly unreliable, only finishing 15 times out of a possible 34. In the end, the team slipped to sixth overall in the constructors' championship with just 17 points scored. The high points were Heinz-Harald Frentzen 's two podiums at Interlagos and Indianapolis , and three front-row starting positions. In addition to the reliability problems of the EJ10, several points were also lost through incidents - including Frentzen crashing out late on from second place at Monte Carlo , and both cars being eliminated in
833-623: The circuit was modified in 2002. The 67-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving for Ferrari after starting from pole position . Juan Pablo Montoya finished second driving for Williams , with David Coulthard third driving for McLaren . The race was Michael Schumacher's fifth win of the season, his third at the Nürburgring, and the result meant that he extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 24 points over Coulthard and 42 ahead of Rubens Barrichello . Ferrari maintained their lead in
882-628: The fastest time on the first day, with British American Racing 's (BAR) Olivier Panis topping the second day's running. Alexander Wurz , McLaren's test driver , was fastest on the final day, more than six-tenths of a second faster than Häkkinen. Minardi cancelled a two-day test at the Fiorano Circuit in Italy to examine a driveshaft problem with their car. Luca Badoer , Ferrari's test driver, tested electronic controls and engine plans at Fiorano and later shookdown three cars available to Ferrari for
931-415: The fifth fastest time, with Kimi Räikkönen and Panis, sixth and seventh fastest respectively, their best times one-thousandth of a second apart. Panis' teammate Jacques Villeneuve was eighth fastest. Heidfeld and Ralf Schumacher, completed the top ten. Irvine's Jaguar car was afflicted with a problem on his out-lap; this prevented him from setting a timed lap. In the second practice session, Häkkinen set
980-476: The first two lead drivers to make pitstops by coming in on Lap 28. As Michael Schumacher entered the pitlane, he ran wide forcing him to cut in front of Ralf Schumacher. As both drivers exited the pitlane, Ralf Schumacher cut to the left of the pitlane, crossing over the white line upon exiting. As Michael Schumacher extended his lead, the stewards informed the Williams team that Ralf Schumacher would be served with
1029-409: The front row by Ralf Schumacher, who was two tenths of a second behind. Montoya qualified in third ahead of Barrichello, who took fourth after struggling with his car's power steering early in the session. Coulthard and Häkkinen filled the third row of the grid, their best times six thousands of a second apart. The Jordan and Sauber drivers rounded out the top ten positions. Villeneuve qualified in 11th,
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#17328842173571078-510: The grid in Austria, when Trulli's launch control failed and Frentzen's gearbox failed. A possible podium finish was lost by unreliability in Monaco due to Trulli retiring from fifth with an engine failure, and Frentzen crashed heavily exiting the tunnel. Frentzen again crashed in the practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix . He subsequently complained of dizziness and headaches, and was replaced for
1127-443: The head of the field at Imola , and made a quick start to run third in the opening laps. His race pace was not strong, and a queue of faster cars soon developed behind him. Jarno would drop to fifth behind the faster Ferraris, Williamses and McLarens, with Frentzen finishing immediately behind in sixth. This would be the team's only double-points finish in the course of the season. The Spanish Grand Prix saw Trulli finish fourth, but
1176-409: The leading trio, Barrichello made the worst start of the grid, moving from 4th to 7th place. Jos Verstappen , from 19th on the grid, made the best start, moving up five places to 14th position. At the completion of the first lap, Michael Schumacher led from Ralf Schumacher, Montoya, Coulthard, Häkkinen, Trulli, Barrichello, Heidfeld, Räikkönen and Frentzen. Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher were
1225-517: The next Grand Prix in Hungary . A large amount of time and money had been used on the first upgrade of the season. Jean Alesi also joined the team in a surprise move after leaving the Prost team (Frentzen, ironically, would take his vacated seat for the balance of the season). Trulli started fifth, but gradually fell back and retired outside of the points after holding up a huge queue of cars early on. Alesi had
1274-457: The penultimate round of the championship, held in the USA . Trulli finished fourth, with Alesi finishing his 200th Grand Prix in seventh. However, Jarno was disqualified from the results after a technical infringement was found on his car. However, in an appeal held after the season had finished the team won the case and had Trulli's result reinstated. This was a crucial victory off the track, as it raised
1323-399: The qualifying session. Saturday's afternoon qualifying session lasted for an hour. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. Each driver was limited to twelve laps. Michael Schumacher clinched his seventh pole position of the season, with a time of 1:14.960. He was joined on
1372-531: The quickest lap of the day, a 1:16.408; Coulthard finished with the second fastest time. The Williams drivers were running quicker—Ralf Schumacher in third and Juan Pablo Montoya in sixth—they were separated by the Ferrari pair of Michael Schumacher and Barrichello, in fourth and fifth respectively. They were ahead of Trulli, Heidfeld, Jean Alesi and Panis. The Saturday morning practice sessions were again held in overcast conditions, albeit with scattered sunshine. In
1421-431: The race after colliding with Räikkönen. Trulli was not on the pace, driving to a pointless eighth position. As in previous years, the basic color of the car was yellow; Front and rear fenders, T-Cam and side pads were black. The main sponsor remained the tobacco brand Benson & Hedges , which advertised on both fenders, the nose, the side boxes and the driver's helmet. Jordan used 'Benson & Hedges' logos, except at
1470-430: The race by the team's test driver, Ricardo Zonta . Once again the EJ11 performed well in qualifying, but was unable to keep the same pace up in the race. Trulli however once again looked set for a strong finish and maybe a podium when his brake master cylinder failed. Zonta finished a disappointing 7th, outside the points positions. The EJ11s qualified on the fourth row of the grid at the Nürburgring , but did not achieve
1519-426: The race. Whilst on a reconnaissance lap , Michael Schumacher, driving a spare Ferrari car, failed to make the grid for which he commandeered a motor scooter back to the pit lane and took his racing car to the grid. Tarso Marques , from 22nd on the grid, stalled his Minardi car at the start of the formation lap. At the start, Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher and Montoya all maintained their grid positions. Behind
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1568-516: The spare car which was to be used for one installation lap. The race result left Michael Schumacher extending his lead in the Drivers' Championship with 68 points. Coulthard's was second on 44 points, eighteen points ahead of Barrichello and nineteen ahead of Ralf Schumacher. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari maintained their lead with 94 points, McLaren maintained second with 53 points, and Williams remained third on 37 points, with 8 races of
1617-514: The team at their home Grand Prix at Silverstone . The cars were fourth and fifth on the grid, but Trulli wasted his chance by colliding with David Coulthard 's McLaren at the first corner. Frentzen was again beaten by the Sauber C20s , and finished seventh. Eddie Jordan had had enough, and Frentzen was fired from the team following the race. At this stage, the team were only fifth in the Constructors' Championship with 15 points, behind Sauber, with
1666-481: The team back up to fifth in the Constructors' Championship, and back ahead of BAR. The final race at Suzuka saw the team's final effort to score the three points it needed to finish 4th in the Constructors' Championship, ahead of Sauber. It was also Alesi's final race, and an opportunity to achieve a 100% finishing record through the season. Alesi topped the timesheets in Friday Free Practice, but retired from
1715-452: The team into direct competition with fellow-Honda users British American Racing . Much was expected of the EJ11. After the disappointing 2000 season, where the team finished only sixth in the Constructors' Championship, the EJ11 was expected to return the team to the very front of the grid. The car was very fast in pre-season testing, regularly topping the time sheets at many tracks. The team's lead driver, Heinz-Harald Frentzen , claimed it
1764-408: The team threw away the chance for a podium after both cars pitted on the same lap to change tyres in wet conditions. Frentzen retired from third with an electrical problem with eight laps to go, which promoted Trulli to the same position. The wrong choice of tyres, however, would see him passed by Nick Heidfeld 's Sauber and Olivier Panis ' BAR in the closing laps. Trulli once again qualified near
1813-432: The team were left disappointed that they had been beaten by BAR, with Jacques Villeneuve finishing in third place. In a straight fight the team were beaten by their rivals. Frentzen's race was compromised when his launch control failed, and he collided with Pedro de la Rosa whilst climbing back up through the field. The next two races at Austria and Monaco would see double retirements. Embarrassingly, neither car left
1862-448: The third and final year, Jordan once again included a hornet on their EJ-10. Jordan used Benson & Hedges logos, except at the British , French and United States Grands Prix, when it was replaced with "Buzzin' Hornets". ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) [REDACTED] Media related to Jordan EJ10 at Wikimedia Commons This Formula One –related article
1911-441: The third fastest time, with Häkkinen and Coulthard fourth and fifth respectively. Michael Schumacher, who set the sixth fastest time, suffered from an hydraulic problem, thus limited his running. "After losing half the morning with a hydraulic problem, we were not sure what to expect in qualifying, as I did not have time to run new tyres in the morning. It turned out that the car was well set-up for qualifying. I do not expect to see
1960-438: The third practice session, Michael Schumacher set the session's fastest time with a lap of 1:16.308, almost three-tenths of a second faster than Ralf Schumacher. The McLaren drivers ran slower—Häkkinen ahead of Coulthard. Barrichello and Montoya rounded off the top six positions. In the final practice session, Ralf Schumacher was fastest, setting a time of 1:15.355, almost four tenths of a second faster than Montoya. Barrichello set
2009-437: Was achieved at the expense of Trulli, who retired from fifth place when his engine failed with only a few laps to go. Trulli had his fifth successive retirement at Monza after he was taken out at the first turn by Jenson Button 's late-braking Benetton . It was another waste of a strong top six qualifying effort. Alesi finished a distant eighth, behind Villeneuve's BAR and Kimi Räikkönen 's Sauber. Things came good again at
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2058-412: Was coming and pushing, so in this respect, we are very delighted to have finished where we did." Michael Schumacher, speaking during the post-race FIA press conference for the podium finishers. The top three drivers appeared on the podium and in the subsequent press conference . Michael Schumacher said was delighted with his race victory. He also revealed that Ferrari were doubtful about racing
2107-726: Was held at the circuit. Before the event, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with 58 points ; McLaren driver David Coulthard was second on 40 points. Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello was third with 24 points, with Williams 's Ralf Schumacher and Coulthard's teammate Mika Häkkinen on 22 and 8 points respectively. In the World Constructors' Championship , Ferrari were leading on 82 points and McLaren were second on 48 points, with Williams third on 28 points. Sauber were fourth with 15 points with Jordan fifth with 15 points. Following
2156-460: Was just off Michael Schumacher's pace, with Irvine rounding out the top four. The conditions were dry and sunny for the race with the air temperature ranging from 21 to 22 °C (70 to 72 °F) and the track temperature between 30 and 32 °C (86 and 90 °F); conditions were expected to remain consistent, although a 20% chance of rain was forecast. The race started at 14:00 local time. A total of approximately 150,000 spectators attended
2205-498: Was knocked off the track in a collision with Rubens Barrichello 's Ferrari. In a strong comeback drive, the German finished sixth, and was promoted to fifth when arch-rivals BAR had one of their cars penalised for overtaking under a yellow flag. Trulli drove strongly and looked set for third when his hydraulics failed, putting him out of the race. At the very next round in Malaysia , Trulli
2254-512: Was on the engine cover. Alesi also raced at the same event and had "200" written on the side soles, which was his 200th race start. ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) Jordan EJ10 The Jordan EJ10 , and an updated version, the EJ10B , was the car with which the Jordan team competed in the 2000 Formula One season . The chassis number was changed from its traditional format of
2303-435: Was quicker than his teammate Panis in 13th. The Arrows and Minardi drivers qualified at the back of the grid, covering positions 18 to 22, with Jenson Button . The drivers took to the track at 09:30 ( GMT +1) for a 30-minute warm-up session. Both Ferrari cars maintained their good performance from qualifying; Barrichello had the fastest time of 1:18.209; Michael Schumacher was second in the other Ferrari car. Ralf Schumacher
2352-464: Was the best car he had ever driven, and that he could become champion driving it. Jarno Trulli , the team's other driver, was equally optimistic. Many predicted that the EJ11 would be close behind Ferrari and McLaren in the fight for the title honours. At the season opener in Australia , Frentzen qualified a strong fourth with Trulli not far behind in seventh. Frentzen ran in third place early on, but
2401-547: Was third after the first lap. When the circuit was doused by a thunderstorm, he briefly held the lead before spinning off and dropping back down the order. Frentzen survived the rainstorm and finished a strong fourth, beating the Williams of Ralf Schumacher and the McLaren of Mika Häkkinen in the process. The trend of strong qualifying but inferior race pace continued in Brazil , where
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