"Джордан" (Jordan)

[Владимир Коваленко]

1990 год: Френтцен, Наспетти, Ирвайн.

[Владимир Коваленко]

Крис Ри (Chris Rea) работал в "Джордане" механиком.



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"I got to wear me own suit and helmet in the garage. I really didn't want to do the VIP thing, so I was in charge of Eddie Irvine's right-rear tyre," remembers Jordan mechanic, and multi-million album-selling, car-themed singer-songwriter Chris Rea. "I did it a few times, but the only time it was hard was at Monaco."


It's the 1995 Monaco Grand Prix and Eddie Irvine is returning to the pits with a problem with his right-rear wheel. "My wheel. It was very warm and it's quite a way to run in that gear, probably because I had a terrible hangover.

"Thank you, Eddie Jordan."

For the opportunity. And the hangover.

[Владимир Коваленко]

Из интервью с Жаном Алези:

The next night Eddie said we were going to have dinner with Rick Gorne, the guy who was working with Adrian Reynard. They Had a lot to drink. A lot! I had to put them in the car and drive these two through the centre of Oxford and I'm thinking: I've  made a huge mistake!’ But, after that, everything was fine. It was a good time.

MH: What I find hard is that even though I ’m from Ireland, I can’t understand what Eddie says sometimes. So I don’t know how you managed!
JA: For me it was okay because I thought that was the way to talk!

[Владимир Коваленко]

Gone but not forgotten (F1 Racing - 2011.05).pdf