Carlin quits as Jordan sporting director

TREVOR CARLIN has stepped down as sporting director of the troubled Jordan Formula One team, it was announced yesterday.

Carlin took over at Jordan as part of the Midland Group’s winter buy-out of the team but has endured an unhappy start to life in Formula One.

Jordan have struggled at the back of the grid, with even Minardi beating them in qualifying recently, and paddock gossip over a potential Midland pull-out has been unsettling.