F1 icon Eddie Jordan, 76, reveals he’s battling ‘aggressive’ cancer: Team principal turned pundit says he’s been suffering with prostate and bladder cancer since March as he urges ‘go get tested’
F1 legend Eddie Jordan has revealed he is battling ‘aggressive’ cancer after being diagnosed earlier this year.
The team boss turned expert announced that he has prostate and bladder cancer, which he said had spread in recent months.
Jordan, 76, said he had been through some “dark days” and urged people to get tested.
Speaking on his Formula For Success podcast, which he co-hosts with David Coulthard, Jordan said: ‘We’ve hinted at it a bit during the shows, David. Way back in March and April, I was diagnosed with bladder and prostate cancer.
“And then it spread to the spine and pelvis, so it was quite aggressive.” And we’ve all heard of our great friend Sir Chris Hoy, who is an absolute megastar, and he [was] to come out and talk about illness, like I have, but he’s a much younger man.
“But this is a little message to all the presenters and everyone listening to this: don’t wait or put it off.
‘Go get tested because in life you have opportunities and there is so much medical advice and so many things you can do to prolong your life. Go do it.
‘Don’t be stupid, don’t be shy. It’s not something to be shy: take care of your bodies, guys.’
Eddie Jordan – seen here at last year’s F1 Italian Grand Prix – has announced he has prostate and bladder cancer
Jordan with Lewis Hamilton during the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2014
Jordan attended Royal Ascot in 2012 with his wife Marie Jordan
After competing in F2, F3 and Formula Atlantic, Jordan managed a Formula 1 team under his own name from 1991 to 2005.
The Irishman was famous for making his F1 debut ahead of Michael Schumacher in 1991.
His team was eventually sold in 2005 and renamed MF1 Racing, but Jordan began a career as a pundit for BBC Sport’s Grand Prix before joining Channel 4 in 2016.
Jordan is known for his strong opinions and earlier this month urged Ferrari to tear up Lewis Hamilton’s contract after complaining about his form.
Hamilton said after a sprint race in Qatar: ‘The positive is that the car is fast and George should be able to shoot for pole tomorrow. Who knows? I’m definitely not fast anymore.
‘I’m just slow, the same every weekend. The car felt relatively good, there were no problems and there wasn’t much more to say.”
In response to the comments, Jordan urged Ferrari to withdraw from the contract, fearing the British driver would be ‘f***ed’ because he has no ‘faith’.
On his podcast, Jordan said, “If you don’t believe in it 100 percent, you suck. Do you understand that?
“Because faith, 99.9 percent, means that there’s this little, little thing tapping on your head that gives you the things that maybe you say, ‘Oh, I don’t really have that faith. have the ability.”
Jordan led a team under his own name and is seen here training for the Spanish GP in 2002
Jordan is the latest major figure in the sporting world to reveal they have cancer, following British cycling hero Chris Hoy’s shock diagnosis
Jordan has become the latest major figure in the sporting world to reveal he has cancer, following British cycling hero Chris Hoy’s shock diagnosis.
In October 2024, the athlete announced a terminal diagnosis and that he has two to four years to live.
The six-time Olympic gold medalist, 48, told on Tuesday how he was reduced to tears while recording a heartfelt message to his children in his new memoir, All That Matters.
Appearing on Lorraine, Hoy told how he and wife Sarra Kemp broke the news to their children Callum, nine, and Chloe, six.
The cyclist also emphasized the importance of screenings and his campaign to lower the age at which GPs recommend PSA tests. He heartbreakingly admitted that if he had tested earlier, he believes the disease could have been caught sooner.
He said: ‘It was an overwhelming response, so many people got in touch and went to the doctor for a check-up. As men, we’re somewhat guilty of not taking control of our health, and that’s now changing.
‘Normally the threshold is 50, after which your doctor may ask you to have a PSA test done. But for me with family history, my grandfather and father both had prostate cancer.