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Jericoke:
F1 has lost one of its towering figures.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/20/eddie-jordan-former-f1-team-owner-dies

Personally, I was never a fan of Jordan.  Part of the appeal of sports is to have people you cheer 'for' and people you cheer 'against'.  I liked cheering against Jordan.  It wasn't anything personal, just when I started watching the sport and had to pick  who I liked and who I hated, Jordan came up on the 'hate' side.

Naturally to hate someone in sports they must be good enough to earn a fan's contempt.  He wasn't the most successful privateer, first, last or really any particular noteworthy privateer.  He certainly showed that a winning program could be put together by sheer personality, and he left team ownership once it became clear that wasn't possible any more.  Other privateers held on, but it was clear they couldn't compete with the corporations required to build a winning program in F1.

Jordan was never afraid to say what he thought.  He didn't worry about stepping on toes.  I would imagine he could say the worst thing about someone on air/in print, and then 5 minutes later be best friends sharing a laugh.  He added colour to a sport that it always needed, and made sure there was room for other commentators, pundits and internet trolls to have their 2 cents on F1 without feeling like they'll be ostracized for having out of step opinions.

I hope his spirit remains with F1 for all of time.

cosworth151:
Very few people were neutral about Eddie Jordan. It was usually love him or hate him. I was on the positive side of that divide. I've always been a fan of small teams that punched above their weight (said the Haas fan).

One memory of EJ - The team got its first F1 win at Spa in 1998. Since the team was based in the UK, they played God Save the Queen during the podium ceremony instead of the Irish national anthem. Needless to say, Eddie exploded.

The sport of F1 was richer for his presence. He will be missed.

Wizzo:
I was always a fan of Eddie, I like people with a personaility in F1 otherwise they all just end up being robots.  He always had F1 in his blood, and he always looked as if he was enjoying it.

RIP Eddie.

Wiz

Andy B:
Eddie produced the most beautiful F1 car in the 7 Up Jordan what's not to like.
F1 needs character's and one has now been lost.
R.I.P. Eddie.

Dare:
I liked Eddie, my favorite driver 20 some odd years ago drove for him. GF
Having a Irish surname didn't hurt either

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