Legendary Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan has died at the age of 76.

Jordan, a native of Dublin, Ireland, started his racing career as a driver before eventually turning his attention to team ownership.

As a driver, Jordan competed in Formula Ford, Formula 3, Formula 2 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He secured an entry in the Formula 1 series in 1991, giving seven-time champion Michael Schumacher his first world championship drive.

Other drivers to wheel entries fielded by Jordan included Rubens Barrichello, Martin Brundle, Damon Hill and Jean Alesi.

Hill scored Jordans first Grand Prix victory during a dramatic, rain-hit 1998 Belgian Grand Prix. Jordan won additional races with Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Giancarlo Fisichella.

Jordan sold his team in 2005.

Beginning in 2009, he spent several seasons as part of BBCs coverage of Formula 1 races.