A special F1 birthday card from long ago.............
A special F1 birthday card from long ago.............
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RDMcG

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20,365 posts

228 months

Yesterday (22:56)
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When my son was a teenager he had no interest in F1, although I had very good access in those days.

For his 16th birthday I bought a card to an F1 race, and had it signed by three F1 world champions as well as Eddie Jordan who had his team at that time.
He really did not think a lot about ;. I had it framed and it eventually ended up in a storage locker. He completely forgot about it.

In recent years he has developed a real interest in F1 and in track driving; I brought him to the Nürburgring in 2024 with. my 992RS and he has been back by himself several time since that.

Recently I was cleaning out the locker and there among the detritus was the framed F1 birthday card, signed by Jackie Stewart ,Mika Häkkinen and Damon Hill who have six F! word championships among them. Eddie Jordan signed in Gaelic as I am Irishsmile

So, 26 years later I am bringing his birthday card back tomorrow him this week.....





Happy it survived.

Zammy

654 posts

184 months

Grest story and just brilliant... What a nice surprise for your son.

LivLL

12,041 posts

218 months

I keep forgetting EJ isn't with us anymore.

What a nice gift for your son now he's into the sport.

beer


Bright Halo

3,760 posts

256 months

That is excellent!
Very nice indeed.

garythesign

2,574 posts

109 months

What a lovely momento.

I was at Mondello Park for their classic meeting last year.

They had three of Eddie’s cars doing demo runs.

They did him proud