GP4: 1997 Jordan Peugeot by David Marques & fongu available for download

I proudly share with you a collaborative work by David Marques from the F1 Challenge 99/02 community and myself. 

This car is available for Grand Prix 4 (below), and it is also released for F1C 99/02 available here: https://wookey.forumotion.com/t1267-f1-1997-season. Check out page 3 of that thread on the forum for some nice screenshots to compare it with GP4's version. 

The original F1C car has been tinkered with over the years by various people, and David Marques had started adding parts of my 1996 Jordan 196 car to it. In the end I created a new chassis to go with the wings, suspension and cockpit from David's update and this is the final result. 

The car comes in three main configurations centred around the sidepods: 

1. the launch car with the shorter sidepod inlets and rear fin/sidepod winglets.
2. the mid season car with amended rear sidepods and updated rear fin/sidepod winglets. 
3. the end of season car with the front of the sidepods elongated with more square inlets. 

There are more front and rear wing configurations, the nose winglets on the low downforce car as well.

1997 Jordan 197 for GP4 by David Marques & fongu

You may remember that this is not the first time I've attempted this livery, you may remember the tribute livery I tried for the Time Trial League a few years back: https://fongugp4.blogspot.com/2022/02/2022-time-trial-league-car-team-fongu.html. So for this project I was keen to be on Sid the snake painting duties, the rest of the paint work was done by David Marques, including all the shadows and fine tuning parts of the 3D model, like adding 3D bolts. All 17 liveries have been faithfully created and you can track the livery updates as the season progresses, with the many sponsors coming and going, the change in sidepod to the scales and the various changes to Sid the snake. 

1997 Jordan 197 for GP4 by David Marques & fongu

It was a pleasure to work with David Marques on the 1995 Ferrari 412 T2, and it's proved a delight to be able to work with him on this project too. There's one more planned collaboration with him that we hope to share with you soon, but until then, I hope you enjoy this new addition to the 1997 grid. 

1/43 Model Review: 1997 Jordan 197 Peugeot

Background

The 1997 season was all change for Jordan, signing rookies Giancarlo Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher, although Fisichella had driven for Minardi for a few races the previous season. Gone was the gold livery, and the start of various nature inspired liveries. The snake livery remains the most striking and memorable of the 5 liveries it ran up to the 2001 season. The teams fortunes seamed to have turned for the better, being a regular points scorer, which included three podium finishes and scoring its highest haul of points at the time. Fisichella was particularly impressive in the car, scoring a second place at the Belgian GP, and being in contention for the win at the German GP before a puncture dropped him down the order. Schumacher recently claimed that he could have won the Argentine GP if he hadn't tangled with his team-mate.

Minichamps 

Minichamps 430970012

Minichamps 514974311

Minichamps 402109798

The model is based on the early season car, with the shorter sidepods. The livery seems to be a mish-mash of non-tobacco liveries they ran during the year. The team ran mainly yellow wings in France with some extra ribbons rather than text, whilst at the British GP they amended the snake on the nose, and they had various one-off sponsors for that race too. The sidepods were the same for both races, but at Silverstone they ran with Bitten & Hisses written instead of Benson & Hedges. In Germany, they ran with the nicknames of the drivers with a large number of 'S's for the hissing of a snake.
Score: 7/10

Tameo

Tameo TMK243

This is a model of Fisichella's Jordan from the Monaco GP. The Monaco GP that year was a wash-out so this car comes with rain tyres. This model is another beauty from Tameo, for me replicated perfectly.

Score: 10/10