Eddie Jordan and Ralf Schumacher hash out “money” and sacking disagreement
The disag💮reement between Eddie Jordan and Ralf Schumacher has been passionately debated again

Ralf Schumacher ꦦhas disputed Eddie Jordan’s version of events, over their notorious falling-out at Silverstone.
The team owner recalled how his eventual split with his driver was sparked by an argumꦦent with Michael Schumacher, earlier in 1998.
Ralf and Jordan would go their separate ways after the ‘98 Formula 1 season and their relationship went sour at ♓the British Grand Prix.
Jordan told Ralf on the podcast: “I was never sure how close you were💎 to Michael.
“He came to me in Spa and said ‘Ra𓆏lf will never drive f✤or you again!’
“I took out🐈 my palm and said ‘there is a buyout clause in the contract, pay the money and ꧂off he goes! No problem!’
“He was quiet, and he went. Eventually…
“I believe it was a mistake because the ‘99🙈 car wa🌱s a world championship car. You could have won the championship in that car.”
Ralf hit bꦅack: “B🐼ut that wasn’t the way it happened, Eddie…”
Jordan insisted: “You we🐻nt to Williams for the money!”
Ralf﷽ said: “You forgot why? You really forgot why? You don’t remember what you called me?
“I was lying o🌠n my boat one day. EJ called me and said ‘I know we have a shitty car but we desperately need points’.
“He called me and said ‘if you don’t scꦐore points you are out oꦦf the car’.
“I hung up the phone. I said ‘no matter what, we need something else, because I’m not going to work with this🌳 guy after this seౠason’.
“That was the way it happened.”
Ralf’s career with the Jordan Grand Prix team was on the line heading into Silverstone in 🔯‘98.
The German driver remembered: “In those days, you need to finish sevent💦h to be in the points. In qualifying our beautiful engine blew up s💛o I started last on the grid!
“He came to me, on the grid, and said ‘don’t forget what I told you, you are out if y💎ou don’t score poin𒁃ts’.
“That’s how I went into the ra⛎ce. That’s the truth.”
Jordan said: “Was it not good motivation?”
Ralf: “Amazing motivation. I scored points.”
Ralf finished the grand prix in sixth, delivering the points that his boss demanded and saving his F1 career✅ in the process.
But he would move to Williams for the 1999 season, resulting in the best 🔯period of his career.
But Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who made the opposite switch from Williams to Jordan, finished third in the ‘99 season, ahead of both Schumacher brother🐲s.

James was a sports jou𝓰rnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footbaꦯll, to F1.