Product Description

Towards the end of his first season in Formula One, Eddie Jordan often feared he was driving headlong towards bankruptcy. One of his drivers was sent to prison. Another, the future world champion Michael Schumacher, was pinched from his grasp after just one auspicious race. Somehow, he survived, kept control of his fledgling team and with a series of astute deals and inspired publicity coups battled on to establish his name and his team as one of the powers in the ultra-competitive world of Formula One motor racing. Deals were always popular with Jordan, all through his life. He was a wheeler-dealer in the playground, an ambitious dreamer and a gifted hustler who went on to reject a career in dentistry and then give up on banking. He wanted big rewards and a lot of fun along the way as the first Irishman and last privateer to break into the world of Formula One and claim membership of the Piranha Club. Timothy Collings reveals how this extraordinarily driven man became so successful, why he was determined to reach the top and how he achieved his ambitions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #804906 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-07
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Review
'... offers a penetrating and fascinating insight... incisive, revolutionary and entertaining... a unique behind the scenes perspective.' F1 News 'Collings rounds up the cast of characters and offers a rare insight into the lives of the club members who have created probably the most effective cash-generating machine in sport.' The Times

About the Author
Timothy Collings is the motor racing correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and Formula One reporter for Reuters news agency. He has reported on Formula One since 1986 and his previous books include The New Villeneuve: The Life of Jacques Villeneuve (Bloomsbury), Damon Hill: My Championship Year (Little,Brown) and Schumacher: The Life of the New Formula One Champion (Bloomsbury).

Customer Reviews

colourful and honest -- the true eddie jordan
Eddie Jordan is one of those guys who everyone interested in Formula One and sport in general wants to meet -- he is noisy, funny, loud, colourful and accident-prone. He is also very successful. And in his latest book, a follow-up to last year's successful The Piranha Club, Timothy Collings has managed to get under the skin of the charismatic Dubliner and produce a well-written, intriguing, amusing and enlightening account of Jordan the man and the businessman. His book -- Eddie Jordan - The Biography is sure to sell well again, like the Piranha Club did, especially to people interested in the human side of motor racing and what makes these team owners and other big guys in the sport tick. I found it fascinating and good fun. If I was an F1 fan or especially an Irish F1 fan, I'd love to get one for Christmas!