Mar.4 (GMM) Vijay Mallya is keen to use the example of Eddie Jordan's image and success to motivate the Silverstone based formula one team to repeat history in a new era.

Although the Indian billionaire bought the beleaguered team from cash-strapped Spyker, it was founded as Jordan Grand Prix in 1991, earning a so-called 'rock'n'roll' reputation and reaching the unlikely success of multiple race wins in 1999 on a modest budget.

Through the Jordan decline and the Midland and Spyker disasters, however, Mallya - himself known as the 'King of Good Times' in India - senses a waning of the Jordan spirit, and invited the team's Irish founder and former boss back to the factory to play drums at the recent Force India Christmas party.

"He (Mallya) is a bit of a maverick and I like him," Jordan told the British news agency Reuters.

"He's not afraid to spend money, he stands up and says his dream is to be like Jordan again and winning races -- not on a regular basis, because that is unlikely to happen.

"But he is going to make a big effort to get it where it was," he added.