Jordan seems to finally have been sold.

Delphi91

I know, I know, this rumour has been around for ages and we've had many false alarms, but this time it would appear to be genuine:

Link 1 (love the last comment by Midland!!)

and

Link 2

Mike

Goodshape

Also, explaining EJ's removal as team principal, the team source explained: ''Midland should represent success but also youth.''

Ouch

Jonny Arson

A truly sad day for F1. Eddie Jordan's team has been possibly the greatest success story of F1. A team who came from been a tiny team growing into race winners and genuine title challengers in 1999. Its sad that Jordan is eventually going to be sold but sadly with the state of motor racing's economic climate, it is impossible for small teams to compete and survive against the likes of Ferrari and Toyota. Thanks for the memories Eddie!

aidan_dunne

A sad day for Irish motorsport, and motorsport as a whole, in my opinion. This country's only F1 team and one which, I think it's fair to say, put Irish motorsport on the world map. Though, it was hardly unexpected, was it? Sooner or later, Jordan was going to have to be sold to survive. That's just the way F1 has been going the past few years.

To be honest, though, I think Eddie should have sold up a few years ago. Honda offered to buy the team when they were the engine suppliers and Eddie refused and I think that would have been a good time for him to do it. Just look at what's happened at BAR the past couple of years with Honda's massive investment in the team (and probable eventual takeover). Eddie, that could have very well have been Jordan.

I saw an interview on the RTE news this evening and what struck me most was a shot of him looking pretty sad about it all as he stood looking at the most beautiful F1 car ever made, in my opinion, the green, 7Up Jordan-Ford 191 at the factory today. The end of an era and, as someone who grew up following Jordan and supporting them over the years, through thick and thin, I felt much the same way as Eddie probably did looking down at that first F1 car of his.

Formula 1 is going to be a lot less fun without Jordan.

oneofakind32

If Honda had gone with Eddie from the start instead of messing around with BAR and the mugen situation Jordan would have a couple of world titals under his belt. It was a ludicrus decision, Jordan had the momentum after the 1999 season. The 2000 car was probebly the best car they ever built but just laked power due to the over weight mugen engine. Ahh Well , we will always have monza 99. It truely is the end of an era

Doper Than U

Gutted. Not surprised, but gutted. Especially with EJ's removal... God the whole thing sucks.

delly

It a shame alright, but more so while watching a race, you'd always be trying to spy those yellow cars. Even if they started from the end of the grid, the hope was always there that they could pull off some form of miracle.

Without there being an Irish link, i think i'll have to put my hopes onto some other team of underdogs. The good times of the Sasol Jordan Hart are long gone.

Tobias Greeshman

Yeah its a said thing alright to see them go. But using that Ford Engine for the last while, he was at nothing. That Honda-Meugen engine was the biz, really good lasting engine with the power.

They got a toyota for this upcoming season so hopefully they might get a bit better. Sad though that eddy had to sell up, our only link with F1 gone!

Kalina

Doper Than U wrote:

Gutted. Not surprised, but gutted. Especially with EJ's removal... God the whole thing sucks.

Absolutely. It's a terrible loss for F1 to see one of the last really good characters selling up. Hopefully Peter Sauber and Stoddy won't do the same.

Nuttzz

http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=77466

The Irish veteran told Ireland's Sunday Independent newspaper that the Midland-owned camp 'don't need me there ... being seen to interfere.'

:mad: :mad: :mad:

such a shame really, i'll miss him