“Way back in March and April I was diagnosed with bladder and prostate cancer, and then it spread into the spine and the pelvis, so it was quite aggressive,”
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Eddie Jordan
Edmund Patrick Jordan was an Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman. From 1991 to 2005, Jordan served as founder and team principal of Jordan in Formula One.
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business · Irish motorsport executive and broadcaster (1948–2025) · businessperson · sports commentator · writer · racing automobile driver · journalist · merchant · presenter · entrepreneur · chief executive officer · autobiographer · also Eddie Jordan, Edmund Patrick Jordan, Edmund Jordan, Jordan
Born 30 March 1948 · Died 20 March 2025 · Q173175
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2026· 2 entries
“Some very dark days in there, but we pulled out of it, thankfully.”
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2025· 11 entries
Won: Jordan's autobiography, An Independent Man, was published in 2007. Eddie Jordan (2025).
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MoneyWeek: Remembering Eddie Jordan: Formula One’s inimitable maverick
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Motor Authority: F1 personality Eddie Jordan dies aged 76
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Irish Central: Eddie Jordan, legendary Irish F1 personality, dies aged 76
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NBC News: Eddie Jordan, ex-F1 team owner and media personality, dies at 76
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The New York Times: Eddie Jordan was one of a kind. F1 will never see a team boss like him again
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KVIA: Eddie Jordan, former F1 team owner who gave Michael Schumacher his debut, dies aged 76
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Newsweek: Eddie Jordan Dies: Tributes to F1 Legend Pour in
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Died 2025-03-20.
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Deadline.com: Eddie Jordan Dies: BBC Racing Commentator Was 76
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Including tributes from Denis O'Brien, Dermot Desmond, Richard Branson, and Roger Taylor, among others
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2023· 1 entry
Jordan launched his own podcast called Formula For Success, alongside his BBC and Channel 4 co-presenter David Coulthard
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Freedom of the City of London (2021).
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Founded JKO Capital to invest in gaming and entertainment businesses
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2018· 2 entries
Jordan assisted in the successful bid by his long time friend Richard Hadidas to acquire Oyster Yachts
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Force India was liquidated and its former assets sold to the new Racing Point F1 Team, which became Aston Martin for the 2021 F1 season
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2014· 1 entry
Jordan took delivery of the largest Sunseeker Yacht then ever built, for reportedly a price tag of £32 million
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2012).
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2009· 1 entry
Jordan returned to the F1 scene as a pundit for BBC Sport's Grand Prix programme alongside Jake Humphrey (who was later replaced by Suzi Perry) and David Coulthard
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2006· 1 entry
To Dutch car manufacturer Spyker Cars to become Spyker F1 for 2007, and then sold once more to become Force India in 2008
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2003· 1 entry
The major sponsors DHL and Benson & Hedges both withdrew from the team
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2001· 1 entry
Jordan sued Vodafone for allegedly breaking a three-year multi-million dollar sponsorship agreement, although the case was later withdrawn
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1999· 1 entry
Heinz-Harald Frentzen secured two wins for the team throughout the season, eventually finishing third overall in the drivers' championship
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1998· 1 entry
The team achieved its best ever result when drivers Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher finished first and second at the Belgian Grand Prix
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1991· 4 entries
Career landmark: chief executive officer (1991–2004).
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With 7 Up serving as the team's title sponsor
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Jordan made a guest appearance at Silverstone in the Dunlop Rover GTI Championship that was a support event for the British Grand Prix
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Winning four Grands Prix across 15 seasons and finishing third in the 1999 World Constructors' Championship
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1990· 1 entry
Eddie Irvine secured a win and four podiums for the team, finishing third overall
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1985· 1 entry
Jordan expanded his team to F3000
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1983· 1 entry
Jordan signed Martin Brundle, who finished second to Ayrton Senna in British F3
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1981· 1 entry
Played for EMKA Racing (1981–1981).
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1979· 2 entries
Under the name "Team Ireland" and, in the same year, Jordan drove in one Formula Two race and did a small amount of testing for McLaren
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Founded the eponymous Eddie Jordan Racing, who competed in International Formula 3000 from 1985 to 1991
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1974· 1 entry
Jordan moved up to Formula Ford, the Irish Formula Ford Championship and, in 1975, to Formula Three, but was forced to sit out the 1976 season after shattering his left leg in a crash at Mallory Park
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1971· 1 entry
Entered, and won the Irish Kart Championship
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1970· 1 entry
Spent the summer on the island of Jersey, working as an accountant for an electricity company by day and doing bar work in the evenings
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1948· 1 entry
Born 1948-03-30.
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