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EDDIE JORDAN: MICHAEL SCHUMACHER paid two million pounds for his brother RALF

Eddie Jordan revealed why Michael Schumacher paid him $ 1998 million in XNUMX and that Heinz-Harald Frentzen had the quality to become a world champion.

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Ralf Schumacher is the end of 1998 from Jordana transferred to Williams, where a year later a German manufacturer entered as a motor partner BMW. What many don't know, Ralf he had to for termination of the contract with Jordan to pay, with the help of his older brother Michael, which is Jordan issued in one interview.

Schumacher's the transfer was a good thing for all participants, he said in an interview at YouTube journalist channel Formula 1, Peter Windsorsaid Jordan. “Michael paid me £ XNUMX million for tearing up his brother Ralph’s contract. I was very happy about that. No one crossed the threshold of the Jordan team without someone paying for it. In this case, it was Michael Schumacher,”He remembers Jordan, which is Schumacher's million payment felt as overdue compensation for previous years. To the latter it must be added that it is Michael Schumacher leta 1991 debuted v Formulas 1 with the team Jordan, but after just one race he wasnight action”Smuggled into the team Benetton, with which he won his first two titles in 1994 and 1995.

Eddie Jordan revealed that Michael Schumacher paid him $ 2 million so his brother Ralf could leave the Williams team early.

It is in this interview Jordan also explained that he could Heinz Harald Frentzen easily "won several championship titles. He had only one small flaw in my eyes and that was that he had too little faith in himself. But his racing talent was remarkable." Frentzen is in years 1997 in 1998 raced for the then top team Williams, but he managed to win only one victory. Years 1999 is then instead Ralph Schumacher transferred to Jordan and even fought for the title during the season. Technical failure on Nürburgring it deprived him of the opportunity to stay in the title game until the season finale.

Jordan further revealed that Heinz-Harald Frentzen was an exceptional talent for him, his only weakness being self-confidence. At the time of Mercedes' involvement in sports cars, however, it was faster than both Wendlinger and Michael Schumacher.

"When Mercedes had this brilliant sports car program with Karl Wendlinger, Michael Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who was the fastest there? Right Frentzen! And who was fast in Formula 3? If Frentzen had a good racing day, he was amazing,He emphasizes Jordan. The only flaw he had was his self-confidence.             

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