The charismatic Eddie Jordan died at the age of 76 on 20 March, in Cape Town, South Africa, having fought aggressive prostate cancer for the past year, his family said.
“With his inexhaustible energy he always knew how to make people smile, remaining genuine and brilliant at all times. Eddie has been a protagonist of an era of F1 and he will be deeply missed,” said Formula One President and CEO Stefano Domenicali in tribute.
A mischievous grin never far from his face, a quip or barb soon to follow, the Dubliner was one of the largest characters in a paddock filled with big presence.
Andrea de Cesaris takes on Spa’s Eau Rouge in 1991, aboard a Jordan-Ford 191
Few begrudged his eponymous team that maiden victory at Spa-Francorchamps in August 1998, when sometime Grand Prix bandmate Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher scored a 1-2 in the sheeting rain.
That every finisher scored a point, thanks to the massive shunt at the start, was immaterial – the reception was rapturous.
