The Jordan 192 was a

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car designed by Gary Anderson and used by the

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team in the

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. The number 32 car was driven by Italian

Stefano Modena Stefano Modena (born 12 May 1963) is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Modena, Modena began his career in kart racing. After winning the junior direct-drive Karting World Cup in 1978, ...

and the number 33 car by Brazilian

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, both new to the team.

Design

Chassis

The design was largely identical to its predecessor with a major difference on its engine cover and front wing.

Engine

After a successful debut season in the team lost their supply of

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engines due to large debts. Instead Jordan signed a contract to run the Yamaha OX99 3.5L V12, 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.

Season overview

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

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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

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, when Modena finished sixth. With this one point, Jordan placed 11th in the Constructors' Championship. The 192 was replaced for by the

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, which was powered by a

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engine.

Livery

During the pre-season testing, the car was painted in green interim livery before switching into a light blue to reflect the team's new title sponsor Sasol, replacing

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along with Philips Car Systems,

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and other smaller sponsors. In the Grands Prix that did not allow tobacco branding, the Barclay logos were replaced with a brand's emblem.

Complete Formula One results

( Key) Results in bold indicate pole position and results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap in race.

References

External links

Jordan 192 - Formula One DataBase

Jordan 192 - ChicaneF1

Jordan 192 - F1Olivier
{{Jordan Grand Prix 1992 Formula One season cars Jordan Formula One cars