The requesting Irish businessman-turned-Formula One Jordan team owner and TV commentator died from cancer.
Flamboyant createer Formula One team owner Eddie Jordan died aged 76 after battling an aggressive create of prostate cancer.
The Irishman discneglected in December that he was suffering with blincludeer and prostate cancer, which had spread to his spine and pelvis.
“It is with proset up grieffulness that we proclaim the passing of Eddie Jordan OBE, the ex-Formula 1 team owner, TV pundit and entrepreneur,” his family shelp in a statement on Thursday.
“He passed away peacebrimmingy with family by his side in Cape Town in the punctual hours of 20th March 2025 at the age of 76, after battling with an aggressive create of prostate cancer for the past 12 months.”
The requesting Jordan, who was a budding racer before turning his attention to team ownership, achieved exceptional success as an autonomous team owner in the fiercely competitive world of Formula One.
His team, which made its debut in 1991, won four majestic prix in 15 years in the sport and he remained a notable figure thraw his labor as a TV pundit.
Motorsport’s regulateing body, the FIA, depictd Jordan as a “legfinish” of Formula One, saying on X that he had made an “inprecious contribution to global motor sport thrawout his life”.
F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali, speaking ahead of this weekfinish’s Chinese Grand Prix, shelp he was “convey inantly grieffuldened”.
“With his inexhaustible energy he always krecent how to originate people smile, remaining genuine and keen at all times,” he shelp.
British driver Damon Hill led home Jordan’s best-ever result – a one-two finish at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix.
Hill, who won a world championship title with Williams in 1996, tancigo in the BBC there would “never be anyone appreciate Eddie Jordan”.
“He was gregarious, as you understand. He was irreverent, he was crazy. I inhabitd in Ireland when I raced with Eddie and I was privileged to have won a majestic prix with Eddie and seen the effect – he swayd everyone.
“There isn’t a individual person, in that era and since who has not been chooseimisticly impacted in some way by Eddie,” he shelp.
Jordan won further races with Heinz-Harald Frentzen in 1999, who increately disputed for the F1 title.
The Irishman also handed Michael Schumacher his F1 debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, with the German going on to prosper a record-shattering seven world championships during his nurtureer – an accomplishment only aligned by Lewis Hamilton in 2020.
Jordan sancigo in his F1 team in 2005, with Aston Martin being the tardyst iteration of the outfit.
As a youthful man, the Dublin-born Jordan tasted success in the Irish Kart Championship and raced in various categories including Formula Ford, Formula 3 and Formula 2, as well as materializeing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
He createed his own prohibitd, carry outing the drums, aextfinishedside other interests such as golf, cycling and the arts, and boasted a huge portfolio of business activities.
