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RIP Eddie Jordan

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  • #32
    AMKC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Just heard it now. Can't believe it. No way. Thats so sad. He was only 76. A great loss.

    RIP Eddie Jordan.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #33
    ctrl-alt-delete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,568 ✭✭✭✭ctrl-alt-delete


    Very sad news considering he still had so many irons in the fire so to speak.

    An absolute gent, who started with close to nothing and did it all - it is movie stuff. Can you imagine Eddie and his Jordan team in this era of drive to survive?

    Like many others have said I did not appreciate what I was witnessing back then, I loved every minute of it and was proud of that team through the lows and highs - and can put my love for F1 down to him and his team. I very much doubt we will ever see an Irish team again.

    Box box Eddie and R.I.P.



  • #34
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 43,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123281726#Comment_123281726

    I get a 404 error on that 😢



  • #35
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,732 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282234#Comment_123282234

    So am I now, I don't know what went wrong.

    Here it is anyway.

    Everyone at Scuderia Ferrari HP is saddened to hear of the passing of Eddie Jordan. Whether as a team boss or a TV pundit he brought so much life and colour to Formula 1. Behind the charisma, the smile and the jokes he was an astute businessman and a fearsome competitor.



  • #36
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Sunday mornings in the 90's were all about F1 for me, watching out for those iconic yellow cars of Jordan.

    🙈🙉🙊



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  • #37
    standardg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭standardg60


    Shocked and saddened at the news.

    Whilst i was an F1 fan from as early as i can remember watching the likes of Piquet, Watson, Lauda and De Angelus, the arrival of Jordan brought it to another level, seeing the 'Ireland' logo on an F1 car was such a sense of pride, only bettered by hearing Amhran na bhFiann played after their victories.

    For a long time could list off all their drivers, off the top of my head De Cesaris, Gachot, both Schumachers, Moreno, Zanardi, Barrichello, Hill, Fisichella, Frentzen, and of course Irvine. Please add any i've forgotten.

    He's up there with Fr. Ted in making being Irish something not to be ashamed of.

    RIP Eddie.



  • #38
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,569 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    RIP Eddie.

    Most interesting fact I learned today was that when he was looking for DHL to sponsor his F1 team they were reluctant because he had a deal signed with Benson & Hedges that meant the car had to be primarily yellow and red which meant they couldn't change the colour to white and red to reflect the DHL brand at the time. He instead talked DHL around in to changing their global branding to yellow and red which is what you see today, absolute genius.

    https://www.news24.com/sport/motorsport/formulaone/how-a-struggling-formula-1-team-gave-dhl-its-famous-yellow-and-red-colours-20230327



  • #39
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,367 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282599#Comment_123282599

    He only got to hear Amhran na bhFiann after 2 of Jordans 4 wins. Belgium 98 they played God save the queen (rage) and then the last win was only awarded after a few days because they miscalculated the winner, so the podium had Kimi on top step, not Fisi



  • #40
    _H80_GHT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭_H80_GHT


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282672#Comment_123282672

    Here is someone who really knows their stuff.



  • #41
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,367 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282687#Comment_123282687

    He mentioned it on one of the ffs podcasts last year I think.



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  • #42
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,827 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282672#Comment_123282672

    I remember being raging when they played the wrong anthem after Jordans first win. if I remember right, Eddie shortly after explained that they played the wrong one and he wasn't happy about it.

    It didn't happen again.



  • #43
    Girly Gal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,192 ✭✭✭Girly Gal


    RIP Eddie, really had an interesting and colourful life, certainly lived life to the full. Truly amazing his achievements in getting a team into F1 and keeping it there so long and actually being competitive too. Remarkable man and came across a decent guy



  • #44
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 43,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Any info on his funeral yet?



  • #45
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,367 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282769#Comment_123282769

    Did he still have a house in Ireland? I know he spent most of his time between Monaco and South Africa, but you'd like to think he'd be buried back home?



  • #46
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,114 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    I'm devastated about the loss of Eddie Jordan.

    The wins that this man achieved with the Jordan F1 team were unforgettable for Irish F1 fans. He accomplished something that was unheard of from an Irish team's perspective in the world of motorsport. He had great drivers, he had great wins and he also had a great warmth & personality to others that will never be matched when going off the F1 race track. What a guy. What a legend. RIP Eddie Jordan. You will be greatly missed!!!



  • #47
    muckwarrior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282716#Comment_123282716

    It wasn't the wrong one as such. They played the British one for Hill, as is normal. But they didn't have Amhrán na bhFiann to hand for the winning constructor.

    RIP, Eddie. Thanks for all the memories.



  • #48
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,774 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Sorry, just to clarify, they were NOT wrong to play the British anthem after Spa 98 as Damon Hill was a British competitor. The anthem was for him. Where they messed up was not having Amhrán na bhFiann AFTER the British anthem. As far as I'm aware they didn't play God save the Queen after either of Frentzens victories and Fischellas victory wasn't recognised until the next race.

    This too shall pass.



  • #49
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,367 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    I wonder if Aston in particular will do anything to remember ej? I did see this suggestion by Tommy from P1 podcast:

    https://twitter.com/TomP1Bellingham/status/1902665074155671596?t=Jv5teXqRtNXNSUAjrbmtEA&s=19

    Although I'd prefer a Jordan 198 livery instead. Buzzin hornets.



  • #50
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,114 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    The Chain was played out at the end of their Nations League match coverage on RTÉ2. Fair play to you lads.



  • #51
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,674 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Jordan owned his own F1 team in his early 40s, that's some going.

    I'm going to get destroyed for this now, but I never really got the Irish element of the Jordan team.

    Yes the owner was Irish and technically the team raced under an Irish license, but that was it.

    It's main facility where all the engineering expertise and testing was done was in the UK.

    The brains of the operation was in the UK.

    To me they were just another UK based F1 outfit.

    I think the Irish support for them came from the same pre Celtic Tiger lack of confidence mentality that we had back then.

    Also, for all his success in getting to F1 and staying there as long as he did, he messed up losing Michael Schumacher because he didn't have a written contract and years later he screwed up bringing Vodafone to court over another agreement that was not written down.



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  • #52
    standardg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭standardg60


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282809#Comment_123282809

    Yep that was it, they didn't have to hand, Eddie made sure they had it subsequently



  • #53
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,774 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282878#Comment_123282878

    Would have preferred Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now but maybe there's a rights issue.

    This too shall pass.



  • #54
    sliabh 1956
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭sliabh 1956


    What man Im old enough remember Derek Daly and David Kennedy racing. And then to see Eddie arrive on the scene with an Irish Team was an amazing achievement. I remember watching Peter Collins on RTE covering the Races I must say the day they won in Belgium was one of my all time Sporting Moments. That an Irish team could beat Ferrari, Williams, Mercedes and Mc Laren who would have believed it. In 1998 they finished 4th in the Constructers Championship. Eddie gave us some memorable Sundays



  • #55
    AMKC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Such a pity that Micheal Schumacher had the accident he had all them years ago and is still not better. Would have loved to hear what Micheal would have said about Eddie. Maybe someday.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #56
    Girly Gal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,192 ✭✭✭Girly Gal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282920#Comment_123282920

    It would be really interesting to hear what he'd say , but, unfortunately, that's never going to happen, really tragic what happened to Schumacher, a real shame how his life was effectively ended in that accident, alive, but, not really there, hopefully he's not aware of his situation as that would be a living hell.



  • #57
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 43,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282888#Comment_123282888

    Between EJ and Gary Anderson, I think there was a form of pride in racing under the tricolour. It helped them stand out. That they were based in England and not Ireland is probably more to do with Ireland not having a circuit suitable for F1 cars.

    Anyhow, speaking of Gary Anderson...

    https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/eddie-jordan-tribute-gary-anderson-f1/



  • #58
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,530 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    IMG_9224.jpeg

    Very lovely tribute from the Aston Martin team, nice touch.



  • #59
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,260 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    very sad news . He introduced F1 to alot of Irish people



  • #60
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,176 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123282888#Comment_123282888

    You'd have more luck developing a rally car than an F1 car if you tried testing around Mondello. :pac:



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  • #61
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,774 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Has there been any indication from the family about the funeral plans? Are they going to cremate/bury him in South Africa or bring him home to Dublin?

    This too shall pass.



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