THE FINAL GUIDE ON JORDAN 1/43.

2005

JORDAN ENTERED THE 2005 SEASON WITH THE EJ15.THE DRIVER LINE UP WAS MONTEIRO AND KARTHIKEYAN.BY THIS TIME JORDAN HAD BEEN STRUGGLING FOR MANY YEARS AND WERE NOW FIRMLY ROOTED TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE GRID.EARLY IN 2005 THE TEAM WAS SOLD TO MIDLAND GROUP  BUT CONTINUED WITH THE JORDAN NAME FOR THAT SEASON.

MINICHAMPS RELEASES OF THE EJ15 WERE:050018 MONTEIRO,050019 KARTHIKEYAN,050039 DOORNBOS TEST DRIVER,050239 YAMAMOTO TEST DEBUT,050118 MONTEIRO 3RD PLACE USA.

      050018 MONTEIRO.          060088 SHOWCAR

THE ABOVE ARE BOTH EJ15 MODELS BUT IN JORDAN AND MIDLAND LIVERYS.THE LATTER IS LIMITED TO 1,008 PCS.

THE U.S.A. GP 2005 WAS A COMPLETE FARCE AFTER A DISPUTE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MICHLIN TYRES.ONLY SIX CARS PARTISIPATED,TWO FERRARIS,JORDANS AND MINARDIS.SO THE THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE FINISH FOR JORDAN WAS NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT,THE MINICHAMPS 050118 IS A LIMITED EDITION TO COMMEMORATE THIS EVENT.

2006

THE JORDAN NAME DISAPPEARS FROM THE F1 SCENE,THE TEAM BEING RENAMED MF1(MIDLAND FORMULA 1)MONTEIRO WAS RETAINED AS DRIVER AND WAS  JOINED BY C.ALBERS,WITH WINKLEHOCK AS TEST DRIVER.          THE CAR WAS DESIGNATED AS MF1 M16 AND WAS RACED IN A LIVERY OF A RED,WHITE AND GREY COLOUR SCHEME WITH THE MAIN SPONSORS BEING RHINOS/JVC.LATER IN THE SEASON SAW A LIVERY CHANGE TO ORANGE WHEN THE TEAM WAS BOUGHT BY SPYKER.

MINICHAMPS RELEASED FIVE MODELS OF THE M16; 060018 MONTEIRO,060019 ALBERS,060039 WINKLENOCK,THESE THREE CARS WERE IN THE MIDLAND LIVERY.  060118 MONTEIRO,060119 ALBERS,WERE IN THE SPYKER ORANGE LIVERY.

  THE MIDLAND M16                    THE SPYKER M16

2007/8

TWO MODELS WERE RELEASED OF THE SPYKER TEAM FOR 2007.THE CAR WAS DESIGNATED AS THE SPYKER F8-VII.       THE MODEL NUMBERS ARE:400 070020 ADRIAN SUTIL,400 070120 WINKLEHOCK.THE CARS FEATURE AN ALL NEW LIVERY IN A LIGHTER ORANGE COLOUR PLUS A NEW PACKAGE OF SPONSORS TO LAST YEARS MODEL.

                                                                                       060020 SUTIL F8-VII

AS WE ALL SHOULD BE AWARE BY NOW THE SPYKER TEAM WAS PURCHASED BY INDIAN BUSINESSMAN VIJAY MALLYA IN OCTOBER 2007 AND WILL CONTEST THE 2008 SEASON AS FORCE INDIA,USING CUSTOMER FERRARI ENGINES.

MINICHAMPS ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD BE PRODUCING TWO MODELS OF THE FORCE INDIA CARS.KNOWN AS THE VJM01.THE NUMBERS ARE:400 080020 SUTIL,400 080021 FISICHELLA.NO SHOWCARS WERE ANNOUNCED.

SO THAT TAKES US TO THE END (AND BEYOND) OF THE JORDAN ERA.THE HIGHS WERE VERY HIGH,THE LOWS,VERY LOW,BUT NEVER NEVER BORING.SOME OF THE GREATEST DRIVERS IN MODERN FORMULA ONE DROVE WITH DISTINCTION FOR EDDIES TEAM,THE SHUMACHERS,DAMON HILL,IRVINE,H.H.FRENTZEN,BARRICHELLO,FISICHELLA  AND EDDIE JORDAN WAS ALWAYS READY TO GIVE YOUNGER DRIVERS THE CHANCE THEY NEEDED TO BREAK INTO FORMULA 1.

WITHIN YOUR COLLECTION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH A VERY EXCITING TIME IN F1 AGAIN AND AGAIN.SO THANK YOU MINICHAMPS,HOTWHEELS,ONYX ,ET AL FOR PRODUCING THESE FINE BOYS TOYS.ONE LAST THING TO MENTION,MINICHAMPS PLAN TO RELEASE A COMMERATIVE MODEL OF THE JORDAN YEARS,A TWO CAR SET FEATURING THE 191 OF GACHOT TOGETHER WITH THE EJ15 OF MONTEIRO,THE NUMBER IS 402 109105.HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO COST ABOUT £40.ASK YOUR MODEL SUPPLIER FOR DETAILS.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY INACCURACIES IN THIS SERIES OF REVIEWS AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR COLLECTING.