Book description
Eddie Jordan funded his first move into motor sport by selling smoked
salmon well past its sell-by date to rugby fans leaving Lansdowne Road;
when stopped for speeding by a policeman, he ended up selling him his
car. He enjoyed racing, but soon set up his own team and then began to
manage other drivers' careers. Eventually, having helped groom a whole
series of future Grand Prix drivers such as Damon Hill and Martin
Brundle, he moved into Formula One at the end of the 1980s He gave
Michael Schumacher his first drive, but lost him soon after to Benetton
in a dispute over his contract. It wasn't long before the team began to
pick up podium finishes, and in 1998 won its first race - a remarkable
achievement on a comparatively small budget. The following year was even
better. But sadly this was to be the peak, as the search for more
finance and legal battles with sponsors hit hard. Eventually, in January
2005 he sold the team This book takes you behind the scenes to reveal
the true personalities of the drivers Jordan worked with, and his
battles with Bernie Ecclestone. It shows how, when so much money is
involved, nothing is ever simple. His has been a life lived to the full,
and his account is packed full of superb stories, colourful adventures
and revealing tales. Eddie Jordan was born in 1948, and began to make
money as a superb salesman, which helped fund his love of motor sport.
In the 1980s he began to move from driving to running racing teams,
eventually moving into Formula One in 1989. Eventually, he sold his team
in January 2005. In autumn 2006, he presented Eddie Jordan's Bad Boy
Racers on Channel Five.
