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Eddie Jordan’s extraordinary profession from Dublin banker to F1 workforce proprietor
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Eddie Jordan’s extraordinary profession from Dublin banker to F1 workforce proprietor

By Miles Cooper March 20, 2025
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Former workforce proprietor has died aged 76, .

The Irishman he was struggling with bladder and prostate most cancers which had unfold to his backbone and pelvis.

A household assertion, printed by rugby membership London Irish the place Jordan was a patron, stated he “handed away peacefully with household by his facet in Cape City” on Thursday.

“EJ introduced an abundance of charisma, vitality and Irish allure in all places he went. All of us have an enormous gap lacking with out his presence. He shall be missed by so many individuals, however he leaves us with tonnes of nice reminiscences to maintain us smiling via our sorrow.”

Here’s a nearer take a look at his profession in motor racing:

1948 – Jordan was born in Dublin to Eileen and Paddy Jordan, and spent most of his childhood in Bray, 10 miles south of town. He briefly thought-about changing into a Catholic priest earlier than deciding to take a brief course in accountancy.

1970 – Jordan was working as a financial institution clerk in Dublin when he travelled to Jersey for the summer time throughout a banking strike. It was right here he found kart racing, and he purchased his personal kart on his return to Eire.

Eddie Jordan’s extraordinary profession from Dublin banker to F1 workforce proprietor

1971 – Blessed with a pure expertise for the game, Jordan entered and gained the Irish Kart Championship.

1979 – After a number of years working his method up the racing ladder, by way of Components Ford and crossing the Irish Sea to compete in British Components Three and Components Two, he based his personal workforce, Eddie Jordan Racing. Over the subsequent decade they gained the British Components Three Championship with a younger Johnny Herbert, and the Components 3000 title with Jean Alesi.

1991 – Jordan entered Components One with Jordan Grand Prix, and gave a precocious his F1 debut on the Belgian Grand Prix. The German impressed a lot that he was poached by Benetton the next season.

30 Aug 1998: Jordan, left, is sprayed with Champagne by race winner Damon Hill and runner-up Ralf Schumacher at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium (Getty Images)

1998 – Benson & Hedges Jordan, because the workforce was now identified, secured their first victory in F1 when triumphed at Spa in a moist and chaotic Belgian Grand Prix, with teammate Ralf Schumacher ending second. The victory was such a shock that race organisers didn’t have the Irish nationwide anthem able to play throughout their podium celebrations.

1999 – After virtually a decade bouncing round F1’s midfield, the workforce achieved its highest season end with a 3rd inserting within the constructors’ championship. German driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen pushed for the drivers’ title after successful two races through the season, however got here up brief.

2005 – Following a interval of decline, Jordan was compelled to promote the workforce as funds turned more and more perilous, in no small half all the way down to a misguided try to sue Vodafone for breaking a three-year sponsorship two years earlier. Defeat within the case was expensive, and Jordan ended up promoting the workforce to the Midland Group for round £40m.

2009 – Jordan started a profitable media profession along with his partaking and insightful tackle the game, showing frequently on BBC Sport and later Sky Sports activities.

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