Former System 1 staff proprietor Eddie Jordan introduced his struggle with bladder and prostate most cancers final December after being recognized with the ‘aggressive’ illness earlier in 2024

Former System 1 staff proprietor Eddie Jordan has died after a battle with most cancers, aged 76. The Irishman introduced final December that he had been recognized with bladder and prostate most cancers earlier within the 12 months.

A household assertion learn: “Eddie handed away peacefully with household by his aspect in Cape City within the early hours of twentieth March 2025 on the age of 76, after battling with an aggressive type of prostate most cancers for the previous 12 months.”

Jordan has been a well-known face within the F1 world because the early Nineties when he shaped his personal eponymous staff. Jordan Grand Prix first hit the F1 monitor in 1991, the identical 12 months he famously gave Michael Schumacher his debut within the sport.

The staff received races and loved some success however started to say no after the flip of the century. And, in early 2005, Jordan bought the staff to the Midland Group and launched into a media profession which noticed him turn into a key cog within the BBC’s F1 protection.

In December, Jordan stated on his System For Success podcast with former F1 driver David Coulthard: “Manner again in March and April, I used to be recognized with bladder and prostate most cancers. After which it unfold into the backbone and the pelvis, so it was fairly aggressive.”

In February, he supplied an replace and stated he was “not himself” on account of the therapy he was present process. And, on Thursday, it was confirmed by Jordan’s household that he had died.

Tributes instantly started to pour in for a beloved member of the F1 world, led by the game’s chief government Stefano Domenicali who stated: “We’re deeply saddened to listen to concerning the sudden lack of Eddie Jordan.

“Together with his inexhaustible vitality he at all times knew learn how to make individuals smile, remaining real and good always. Eddie has been a protagonist of an period of F1 and he will likely be deeply missed. On this second of sorrow, my ideas and people of all the Formula 1 household are along with his household and family members.”

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