 The Jordan 192 of Stefano Modena on display in Yamaha Communication Plaza | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Jordan | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Gary Anderson (Technical Director) Mark Smith (Head of Mechanical Design) Andrew Green (Head of Structural Design) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | 191 | ||||||||||
| Successor | 193 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications[1] | |||||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon fibre and honeycomb composite structure | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbones, pushrod | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbones, pushrod | ||||||||||
| Engine | Yamaha OX99, 3,498 cc (213.5 cu in), 72° V12, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Jordan 7-speed semi-automatic | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Sasol | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | Sasol Jordan Yamaha | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 32.  Stefano Modena33.  Maurício Gugelmin | ||||||||||
| Debut | 1992 South African Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 1992 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
The Jordan 192 was a Formula One car designed by Gary Anderson and used by the Jordan team in the 1992 Formula One World Championship. The number 32 car was driven by Italian Stefano Modena and the number 33 car by Brazilian Maurício Gugelmin, both new to the team.
After a successful debut season in 1991 the team lost their supply of Ford 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. The team's new main sponsor was Sasol, replacing 7 Up.
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. 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 1993 by the 193, which was powered by a Hart V10 engine.
