1991 Jordan 191

This car was part of a display at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000 marking 50 years of Formula One racing.

It's a 1991 Jordan 191, Eddie Jordan's first effort as a Grand Prix constructor, and was powered by a 3,494cc Ford Cosworth V8 engine. The drivers for that season were Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot, but when Gachot was unable to compete in the last six races Michael Schumacher made his Formula One debut in the Belgian Grand Prix, Roberto Moreno drove in the next two, and Alex Zanardi took the last three. The fourth place finishes of Andrea de Cesaris in Canada and Mexico were the best results for Jordan that season. At this Silverstone event John Watson drove the car in track demonstration runs.

On 2 August 2015 I showed photographs of John Watson taking to the circuit on one of these demonstration runs.

Jordan 191

The Formula One World Championship started in 1950, and the first race in that Championship was the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in May 1950. The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000 celebrated 50 years of the World Championship with a representative display of cars from each of those five decades and several of them took to the track during the weekend on demonstration runs. Here's one of the cars that took part:

It's a 1991 Jordan 191, the first Jordan Formula One car, and it was driven on the demonstration run by John Watson. John Watson had never driven for the Jordan team but he was the first driver ever to test drive a Jordan Formula One car, in 1990.

Here's John Watson in the pit lane at the start of his run.