Johnny Herbert on the man who made him, Eddie Jordan

Every time I saw Eddie, he’d say, ‘I made you!’, which goes all the way back to Formula 3. I knew of his own racing – he wasn’t a bad driver – and at the end of 1986 I saw him at the Grovewood Awards. He said, ‘Has anyone signed you yet?’ and I said no, so basically on the back of a napkin we did a deal.
He had backing from Stelrad so had about three-quarters of a budget and was …Keep reading