Eddie Jordan was one of F1’s biggest characters, we’re all going to miss him | Johnny Herbert

The wheeler-dealer side of him was wonderful and he was always thinking outside the box to get the best out of people

I still remember when Eddie Jordan and I met at the end of 1986 at a motorsport awards dinner. He approached me and asked if anyone had spoken to me about driving for them the following year. I told him no one had and so on the back of a napkin, before the end of the awards, we agreed to come together for 1987 when we would go on to win the Formula 3 British Championship together.

I still believe if he hadn’t given me that chance in Formula 3, I’m not quite sure I’d have had that success or would have got to Formula One without him.

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