The Jordan 192 was a
Formula One
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car designed by
Gary Anderson and used by the
Jordan
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team in the
1992 Formula One World Championship
The 1992 Formula One World Championship was the 46th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1992 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1992 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested ...
. The number 32 car was driven by Italian
Stefano Modena
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Career
Modena was born in ...
and the number 33 car by Brazilian
Maurício Gugelmin
Maurício Gugelmin (born 20 April 1963) is a Brazilian former racing driver. He took part in both Formula One and Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). He participated in 80 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting in for the March team. Gugelmin achi ...
, both new to the team.
After a successful debut season in the team lost their supply of
Ford
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* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
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engines due to large debts. Instead Jordan signed a contract to run the
Yamaha OX99 3.5L
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, which was supplied for free. One of the problems was that the team had already begun work on the 192 in the expectation that it would continue to run the Ford V8 rather than the much larger Yamaha V12. The team's new main sponsor was
Sasol
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, replacing
7UP
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.
Compared to 1991, 1992 was a disastrous season for Jordan. The team struggled badly with reliability issues (in particular overheating), with Gugelmin retiring from seven of the first nine races and Modena failing to finish a race until the twelfth race of the season in
Belgium
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. Modena also failed to qualify four times. The team did not score a point until the final race of the season in
Australia, when Modena finished sixth. With this one point, Jordan placed 11th in the Constructors' Championship.
The 192 was replaced for by the
193
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, which was powered by a
Hart
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* Hart (deer)
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V10
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engine.
Complete Formula One results
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Key) Results in bold indicate pole position and results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap in race.
References
External links
Jordan 192 - Formula One DataBaseJordan 192 - ChicaneF1Jordan 192 - F1Olivier
{{Jordan Grand Prix
1992 Formula One season cars
Jordan Formula One cars