Jordan opens up on bizarre Faldo deal for Schumacher’s first F1 test

Jordan had made a swift move to line up Schumacher for his F1 debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, in the wake of his regular driver Bertrand Gachot being out of action.

But Schumacher had not driven an F1 car before, and Jordan wanted to give him an early run at Silverstone to get him comfortable in the 191 prior to the German’s first laps around Spa-Francorchamps.

With time short, Jordan only had a single day when both he and Schumacher could test at…