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Edmund Patrick "Eddie" Jordan (born 30 March 1948), also known as EJ, is an Irish former motorsport team boss, businessman, entrepreneur, musician and mentor. He was the founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005. He is currently the lead analyst for Formula One coverage on the BBC. Born in Dublin, Jordan initially considered becoming a priest due to his religious background, and later a dentist before eventually working for the Bank of Ireland. He discovered go-kart racing on a working holiday in Jersey, later entering the Irish Kart Championship in 1971, which he won. A move to Formula Ford in 1974 resulted in consistency over two years and later he entered the Formula Atlantic and Formula Three championships. In 1979 Jordan founded Eddie Jordan Racing, entering motor races across the United Kingdom and later moving into Formula 3000. In 1991 Jordan established a new team Jordan Grand Prix which raced in Formula One motor racing from 1991 until selling the team to Russian-Canadian businessman Alex Shnaider, who renamed the team Midland in 2006. In 2009 Jordan returned as an analyst for the BBC's Formula One coverage alongside former Formula One driver David Coulthard and journalist Jake Humphrey becoming known for breaking stories before they were confirmed by teams. ==Early life== Jordan was born Edmund Patrick Jordan at the Wentworth Nursing Home in Dublin on 30 March 1948, the son of Eileen and Paddy Jordan. He has one older sibling, Helen. Paddy was the twin brother of a senior nun, Mother Rectrus of the Irish Sisters of Charity and worked as an accountant for the electricity board. At ten months old, Jordan developed a form of Pink's disease and his family were advised by doctors to move from Dublin to Bray for "fresh air". His mother Eileen was also advised to "take him out of woollens and into cotton during the month of May", advice she felt strongly against. Nevertheless, she conceded and Jordan's condition did gradually improve. During his childhood, Jordan grew up in Dartry, south Dublin and Bray, County Wicklow. Jordan spent most of his time in Bray, County Wicklow where he became close with his Aunt Lilian having regularly travelled to visit her at the end of the school week. In his childhood, Jordan was known by the nickname "Flash" as his surname rhymed with the name Gordon and because of his sense of fashion.〔 Jordan began his education at Saint Anne's Pre-School in Miltown later spending eleven years at the Synge Street Christian Brothers School, where he and his fellow students would be regularly beaten if they did not study hard.〔 Despite this experience, Jordan found the level of education to be high. Whilst at Synge Street, at the age of 15, Jordan briefly considered becoming a priest as a result of life experiences including having attended mass every morning during Lent and Sodality every week with his aunt.〔 Having dismissed the priesthood and family pressures to enter dentistry, he ended up taking a six-week accountancy course at the College of Commerce, Dublin and then began working for the Bank of Ireland as a clerk at their branch in Mullingar. After four years, Jordan moved to the branch in Camden Street, Dublin. During a banking strike in Dublin in 1970, he spent the summer on the island of Jersey, working as an accountant for their electricity company by day and doing bar work in the evenings.〔 During this period, Jordan encountered kart racing for the first time, and had his first (unofficial) races there at St Brelade's Bay.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eddie Jordan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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