Jordan seeks upgrade with new driving force
Irrepressible Formula One team head has a new man behind the wheel, a new engine and a top four place in his sights
My meeting with the famously charismatic Eddie Jordan is scheduled to take place in London. Then I get a call from his assistant, Helen, to ask if I can see him at his home in Oxford instead. Then another call to make it Silverstone, where his Formula One team, Jordan-Ford, are based. Then yet another call to say forget Silverstone, how about Heathrow Airport, where Eddie has to catch a 10pm flight to Melbourne? And finally, one last call to say, actually, let's stick with Oxford. There is a light chuckle at the other end of the phone. "Welcome," says Helen, "to the world of Eddie Jordan."

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