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Eddie Jordan’s Top 10 Moments In F1 From Discovering Michael Schumacher To Shock Title Challenge 1j225f

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Eddie Jordan and his team were only in the sport for 15 years but left a huge impression, and here SportsCasting takes a look at his 10 best F1 moments.

The charismatic former F1 team owner died at the age of 76 after a battle with prostate cancer.

Eddie Jordan Racing was founded in the early 1980s with the likes of Martin Brundle, Johnny Herbert and Jean Alesi driving for the team.

They moved into F1 in 1991 now known as Jordan Grand Prix, where they were known for giving young drivers an opportunity in the sport including Michael Schumacher.

Eddie Jordan died at the age of 76

The team provided many memorable moments with the likes of Damon Hill, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Rubens Barrichello, Eddie Irvine and Ralf Schumacher among those to drive for the team.

Though Jordan sold his team for the 2006 season, he went on to become an entertaining television pundit.

Below, SportsCasting has ranked Eddie Jordan’s 10 best moments during his time in F1 as a team owner and pundit.

Eddie Jordan’s 10 Best F1 Moments 6m301s

10. Eddie Jordan Breaks News Of Lewis Hamilton’s Switch To Mercedes h4u3m

After selling his team, Eddie Jordan had a successful career as a pundit working for the BBC and then Channel 4.

He was always a fascinating watch as he challenged the team owners on the grid and was never afraid of asking the big questions.

One of his more memorable moments was breaking the news that Lewis Hamilton had agreed a deal to switch from McLaren to Mercedes for the 2013 season.

Eddie Jordan broke the news that Lewis Hamilton (pictured in 2025) would switch from McLaren to Mercedes for the 2013 season

9. The Potential Win That Got Away 4x5v5o

Having a potential win slip through your fingers might feel more like a negative moment. However, the fact that Jordan nearly won a race in their first season was a big moment and showed that they were a team on the rise.

While the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix is ed for another moment later in this list, veteran Italian driver Andrea De Cesaris challenged for what would have been his and the team’s first victory.

De Cesaris was running in second but catching up with Ayrton Senna who was struggling with a faulty gearbox.

He was just three seconds behind Senna when his engine blew up with just three laps to go.

8. Jordan’s First Podium Finish 4h1i1j

Eddie Jordan saw his team make the podium for the first time at the 1994 Pacific Grand Prix.

Rubens Barichello – a future Grand Prix winner who Jordan had handed his debut to the previous season – finished third behind Michael Schumacher’s Benetton and Gerhard Berger’s Ferrari.

The Brazilian enjoyed an excellent season finishing sixth in the drivers’ championship.

Rubens Barrichello’s third place at the 1994 Pacific Grand Prix was Jordan’s first podium

7. Double Podium At 1995 Canadian Grand Prix 5xb4q

The seventh best F1 moment in Eddie Jordan’s career came at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix.

In a race of attrition, Jordan had two cars finish in the top three for the first time since they arrived into Formula One.

Rubens Barrichello took a then career-best second, finishing ahead of Irish teammate Eddie Irvine.

Eddie Irvine (pictured) and Rubens Barrichello finished on the podium for Jordan in Canada, 1995

6. Jordan’s First Pole Position 1b2m4g

Another Rubens Barrichello moment comes next in Eddie Jordan’s best F1 moments.

A classic wet but drying Friday qualifying session gave Barrichello the chance to top the times which meant he took pole. However, back in those days qualifying was spread over two days.

Luckily for the Brazilian, Saturday’s session was even wetter and he became the youngest ever polesitter at the time at the age of 22.

5. Eddie Jordan Hands Michael Schumacher His F1 Debut 4t1aq

Eddie Jordan was in need of a driver for the 1991 Belgium Grand Prix after Bertrand Gachot was jailed for an assault on a London taxi driver.

In steps Michael Schumacher who in his first qualifying session put his Jordan in seventh place.

Though his race ended with a mechanical DNF on Lap 1, Schumacher went onto become one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport.

Six years later, Jordan would also hand a debut to Ralf Schumacher who drove for the team for two years.

One of Eddie Jordan’s best F1 moments is handing Michael Schumacher his debut

4. Heinz-Harald Frentzen Wins In 6i3a45

Heinz-Harald Frentzen struggled at Williams when they were the best car on the grid in 1997.

Two years later at Jordan and he was much more at home and would win both his and Jordan’s second race at the 1999 French Grand Prix.

The race appeared to be between Mika Hakkinen in the dominant McLaren and Rubens Barrichello who was now at Stewart Grand Prix – with Frenten shadowing them in third.

Some smart work by Eddie Jordan’s team though meant Frentzen didn’t need to come in for a second pit-stop, and the German put in a faultless drive to take the chequered flag first.

3. Jordan’s Final Grand Prix Victory 2t11h

Eddie Jordan’s team had already started to decline by the time of the 2003 season. But at the Brazilian Grand Prix, they had one of their moments in F1.

Giancarlo Fisichella was driving the second-worst car on the grid in 2003 but benefitted from an excellent strategy gamble and a massive crash for Fernando Alonso.

On the day, the race was handed to Kimi Raikkonen who had just re-ed Fisichella for the lead.

However, ahead of the next race in San Marino, the Jordan driver inherited the victory when the result was taken back to the end of the previous lap.

That led to an awkward handing over of the trophy between Raikkonen and Fisichella.

2. Shock Title Challenge 6k3o5d

Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen mounted a shock drivers’ title challenge in the 1999 season.

Mika Hakkinen lost a huge amount of points as he retired from five races which he could have won. Michael Schumacher’s season was over by the half-way stage after breaking his leg in a crash at Silverstone.

That resulted in Schumacher’s Ferrari teammate and ex-Jordan driver Eddie Irvine, and Frentzen mounting shock title challenges.

Frentzen took race victories in and Italy and took pole position for the European Grand Prix.

The German looked certain to win until a mechanical failure cost him the victory. If he had won that race he would have been just one point behind Mika Hakkinen with just two races to go.

This still makes one of Eddie Jordan’s best F1 moments as Frentzen and Jordan finished third in the drivers and constructors’ championships.

1. Emotional First Victory And 1-2 At 1998 Belgian Grand Prix 2d437

Jordan had a slow start to the 1998 season but improved as the season went on with Damon Hill qualifying third for the Belgian Grand Prix.

It turned out to be one of the most chaotic wet races of all time with a huge crash with almost half the field bringing out the red flag.

Michael Schumacher looked destined to win before he crashed into the back of David Coulthard after he was unable to see the Scotsman as he tried to lap him due to the spray.

Hill, the 1996 world champion, led home Ralf Schumacher to give Eddie Jordan and his team their first F1 victory.

It was Jordan’s best moment in F1 and a hugely popular victory – with the Irishman looking emotional as his cars crossed the line.