How Schumacher escaped Jordan in 1991 

That 7up jordan f1 car looks so good

Michael Schumacher Debut 1991. With Jordan 1991 built car. With Jordan 7up on it. Qualified in P7. Drove for Mercedes F1 with NO: 7. Finished in P7 on second retirement. Michael Schumacher Retired with 91 Race wins. 7 World Championship. 🧐

Who would have guessed that Schumacher's first car predicted the number of championship titles, 7up!

This is the greatest debut, MS literally blown everyone's mind in his first practice with Jordan, his first test of an f1 car with how fast he was. He was most likely getting the Silverstone record with Jordan! All of a sudden he ends up in spa literally a week or two later to go to his first race and completely out qualifies a lot of drivers while having no clue about the track and only using TV images to understand what each turn is, all with an average Jordan. Mind blowing. No one debuted better than MS and especially his first debut season for benetton with the 3rd best car came 3rd... with zero experience on each track.

I wish i had the strength of that jacket button..

In awe at the size of this lad, absolute unit

Michael actually went out on a Bicycle to learn the track as he'd never driven there before despite telling Eddie that he'd raced there loads of times!

Sometimes I wonder how the drivers who qualified behind rookie Michael Schumacher at Spa 1991 must have felt.

I never knew Schumacher’s life was in danger and he needed to escape the nation of Jordan.

One of the best lookin F1 cars ever

I believe he did meant a driver contract, but his broken English save him. What a legend

Where is this exhibit? All these cara would be great to see up close.

Listen, listen, listen. This is all beside the point. Will some of you have a word with Eddie and tell him not to appear on C4 F1 again wearing loafers and no socks. For God’s sake man, you’re not a Bond villain! Those sexy Irish ankles would make a statute of the Virgin Mary blush.

that 91 Jordan, today, compared to modern F1 cars, looks like a 1959 car compared to that 1991 car. the molding of the frame, the suspension, the aileron, the steering wheel.... look at the bends and folds, it's like they couldn't make them any tighter with their technology, just like the 1960's engineers couldn't fold metal and pipes any tighter with theirs. "..... and you guys raced, on _THIS_ ?" "Yup." "Damn!" I wonder what racing cars will look like, in 10 years.

This was also Zanardi's debut car.

Man, I can't believe they made an actual country out of the Formula 1 team!

Someone else would have snatched him up, even if they'd have to buy out a contract, I'm sure. Maybe not immediately but soon after. Who knows? Might have won the 95-97 in a Williams and then 98/99 WDC in a McLaren after developing a friendship with Newey ...

This was when Michael "Option 13" Schumacher was born as an F1 driver everybody.

Michael Schumacher will always be number one for me. The best of best.

That's why he's 7 times World Champion ....💡🏆

That's not kind of Jordan I expected from title.

Good man Gary!! Hero!! 😊

Guy on the right gesture & presence is look like Godfather's Peter "Pete" Clemenza 😂😂

When Mercedes switched to McLaren for 1995 did McLaren and Bennetton try to engineer a swap deal whereby Michael Schumacher went to McLaren and Nigel Mansell went to Bennetton

Did Edd Straw eat somebody before he filmed the video?

That Beautiful Jordan car with 7up on it was one of the best looking car of all time ☘

If Schumacher never drove in 1991 and 1992 he should begin for Sauber in 1993.

Eddie Jordan does milk this Schumacher story. His Benetton years were impressive, but his Ferrari years and how he built the team around him is what is his most impressive achievement. I think the fact the Ross Brawn and Tom Wilkinshaw had intent on hiring Michael already, that Jordan thing was just a stop on the journey that was already inevitable.

Get that big lad a better seat

F obvious what it meant, and the fact it was hand amended screams, "this is my get out". Jordan knew Schumacher wouldn't stay five minutes, never mind three years. It suited them both - Schumacher got his first drive, and Jordan got his wig on TV a bit more.

With out a doubt one of the best that ever drove

Bring back pit crew shorts

That was so wrong with Jordan

Why was Bernie Eccleston involved?

Eddie got him back years later as it was Michael that paid Eddie £2m to get Ralf out of his Jordan contract.

Someone should make a film about Jordan.. 250 years and 14 years!! Four wins.. 👍

He didnt try escape anyone

Listen to Rob Smedleys podcast interview on F1 Beyond the grid. He describes Eddie Jordan as someone who was more interested in his bank account than he was in the goings on of his team. Schumacher did well to get out on that account

This was all about Schumacher’s management, nothing to do with Schumacher himself.

"Whew, that was close! Almost ended up with JORDAN!" --Michael Schumacher, 1991

So basically Schumi's whole career was shady and finding holes in the rules from the first GP onwards...

7up underrated soft drink.

Why does Micheal hate the bulls so much damn

Ok i am an American atty but our contract law is based almost exclusively on common law. Therefore first this is NOT advice. Two, the way i read it, had i been the judge interpreting it, i would have voided it as "vague". Vague contracts are unenforceable and voidable. The is a case of american law in estate law we do study a case called the million dollar word over the word "the", so yes a word CAN cause an affect to the agreement. Here iv don't see that. I see vagueness. Howerever it coukd be argued that the word "the" being scratched out and replaced with "a" means nothing more than correct grammar. Using "a " is proper grammar. No one writes or should, "the driver agreement" as it refers to past tense. He states the time and further the requirements for the contract to be valid. So one can argue invalidity due to vagueness because b/c of the "a", and its' validity b/c it has the 3 parts a contract MUST habe to be legal: 1. Offer Clearly an offer was made 2. Acceptance- clearly it occurred as he raced; and 3 consideration. Now if he was paid by Jordan you have an invalidity again b/c a "k" (contract) must have no. 3 and a 4th which here is known but called "capacity". I.e. was he old enough by law? Or did he have the requsite mental ability to accept a contract? That is a yes. So we are left with the first 3. Lastly, I've must consider whether michael was making the offer or responding. If he is making the offer and Eddie accepted then the terms were clear and i wouk rule he was bound until the mercedes option of 1994. Were it a response (seems to be an unsolicited offer) its odd. That would imply that he knew the terms andnjust made a grammatical change in fact had tge word tge been used it would mean that he is just reminding eddie he has accepted "the deal" In the end in my opinion, this is a great test question and i would definitely use it. Is it an offer for a contract? Or the acceotance thereof or does that one word chance make it vague and invalid? Good one. I would've ruled against michael, however.

Why did Eddie sign Yamaha engines for 1992? That was one of the dumbest decisions in F1 history. Those engines were horrible.

That guy looks like he's one grand prix away from a heart attack!!

Mi man, I like what you say, always informative but please get that suit fixed. It is distracting.

A his life...

Schumacher lied about his age to eddie to get a drive

BECAUSE SCHUMACHER WAS PROMOTED TO BENETTON IN 1992

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For someone who knows nothing about f1 I thought he escaped from the country Jordan lol.

Fer-ARRRRRRR-i

Second. Watching from the UK.

Horrible paint job, gorgeous car.

This only fortifies his legacy as a dirty driver. Talented, yet dirty.

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Uhh, that's raidillon actually

In my humble opinion. when people look back into Schumi's career they sort of miss how much influence Senna had. Not directly but in their mutual ruthlessness and pride/egos while rivals. The other thing that gets forgotten is the impact of Senna's death on F1 in the couple of years following 1994. At the time of Ayrton Senna's death, Michael Schumacher was young and didn't really care about anyone but himself (look up his podium win at Imola the day Senna died and the reaction of everyone else then) and with time he grew, he learnt and evolved to the point that when asked who was F1's number 1 driver, he named Senna.