- Jordan 198
The Jordan 198 was the car with which the Jordan
Formula One team used to compete in the1998 Formula One season . It was driven by 1996 World ChampionDamon Hill , who had moved fromArrows , andRalf Schumacher , who was in his second season with the team.After a dismal start which saw the team fail to score a single championship point in the first half of the season, numerous improvements to the car and tyre development by Goodyear enabled Jordan to climb back into the top teams. At the
1998 Belgian Grand Prix , the team scored a historic first victory with Hill, with Schumacher finishing behind him in second place. On the last lap of the Japanese GP, Hill passed Frentzen for fourth, the extra point pushing the team to fourth in the Constructors' Championship, one ahead of Benetton.Complete Formula One results
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References
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AUTOCOURSE 1998-99", Henry, Alan (ed.), Hazleton Publishing Ltd. (1998) ISBN 1-874557-43-8
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