Formula 1 team boss Eddie Jordan was a rogue who was sometimes loveable, sometimes dodgy, occasionally both at the same time.

Perhaps that is what attracted the eye of Bernie Ecclestone, F1's commercial boss ... a formidable woman - procured him a wig, and demanded he wear it. He never appeared without one again.

Bernie Ecclestone, godfather of Formula One ... the latter trying to pull off the best-disguised wig in sport. Once, here in Shanghai, a fellow diner told him you could buy imitation watches ...

Eddie Jordan was one of the great characters of motor sport with a zeal for deal-making. His death leaves a hole in the sport that won’t be filled ...

He was a man of his time, emerging when F1 was growing at an exponential rate under the stewardship of commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone ... expensively-made wigs, worn in sequence ...

When he broke both legs in a motor race in 1976 his hair fell out due to the stress, and his mother bought him a wig, which she ... or ­telling Bernie Ecclestone exactly what he thought ...

The problem was, Jordan had not tied down Schumacher properly, and the rival Benetton team swooped, with a little help from Bernie Ecclestone ... procured him a wig, and demanded he wear it.

Bernie Ecclestone has explained why he will not attend the funeral of his old friend Eddie Jordan. Former F1 team owner Jordan died on Thursday after a battle with cancer, at the age of 76.