Eddie Jordan whispers into the ear of David Coulthard, a former driver for Red Bull and McLaren.
Eddie Jordan has clarified the “silent assassin” quote that recently made headlines, but while those weren’t Christian Horner’s words, he reckons the team boss owes him a “favour” as he is “no longer front page”.
Red Bull has finally put an end to weeks of speculation by officially announcing that design guru Adrian Newey will be departing from the team in the first quarter of next year, just ahead of the Miami Grand Prix.
‘Which was absolutely you and thank you for bringing that up’
In his quotes in the Red Bull press release, Newey thanked Jordan and with that, it was revealed the former F1 team boss was the 65-year-old’s manager.
David Coulthard, who co-hosts the podcast Formula for Success with Jordan, expressed admiration for the revelation that the person referred to as “76-year-old Eddie Jordan” was actually Newey’s manager.
Jordan responded, “DC, I have concerns about you… especially for the sake of the anchors listening. Anchors, are you aware of the name he called me? Are you aware of what he called me when he discovered this?”
To begin with, his jaw extended down to the bottom of his trousers. Additionally, it’s important to note that his jaw is already quite large, so reaching that depth is entirely possible for him. In fact, his jaw is quite extensive in size.
However, he referred to me as “Ah, EJ, you’re a freaking silent assassin.”
“I have no knowledge of what a silent assassin is. Perhaps you could enlighten us, DC, and explain what it entails?”
However, contrary to popular belief that Horner had referred to Jordan as “he called me,” it was actually Coulthard who labeled the Irishman as a “silent assassin.”
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In their recent podcast episode, Coulthard expressed that Jordan has a tendency to criticize others, usually with some form of justification. However, both Coulthard and Jordan are aware that it was actually Coulthard himself who made the silent assassin remark.
When asked if he had called Horner to inform him that it was the “eejit DC” who had made the comment, Jordan responded by saying that he would have likely done so. However, he explained that Christian had already been receiving a lot of media attention in the past months, and there was a specific incident that was quite similar.
“I made a statement that was wrongly interpreted and misquoted. This occurred well before the final decision and findings of the Kings’ Council. It seems that Christian, possibly influenced by hearsay or media reports, believed that I had said something which I categorically did not.”
“I somewhat disregarded the mention of the silent assassin – it was definitely directed at you, and I appreciate you pointing that out. However, Christian’s anger towards me seems unfounded and unreasonable, considering this is the second time it has occurred.”
“I have been friends with Christian for over three decades. He attempted to purchase my team many years ago, and I am acquainted with him, his family, and all of us grew up in the same neighborhood.”
The media’s attempts to potentially impact a friendship or future relationship through their actions are simply nonsensical.
However, Jordan believes that in a constantly changing media landscape, referring to it as a “narrative thing”, Horner does owe him a thank you – or perhaps a favor – for diverting attention away from him and keeping him out of the spotlight.
After a small portion of the attack is directed towards Christian, the focus abruptly shifts to Adrian Newey, making Christian’s presence on the front page diminish significantly. It is now all about Adrian.
I think he is indebted to me for a favor. This is because, unintentionally, I managed to divert a significant portion of the media’s attention towards Adrian Newey. As a result, Christian received some relief and was given a bit of breathing room.
“That’s my perspective on the matter, but I must admit that I have a natural bias and tend to view things in my own favor. Similarly, you would likely have a biased view that favors your own interests.”
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