The Irish team owner, speaking two days after Frentzen's sacking was announced, dismissed any suggestion of a heated row between the two.
"I have never heard Heinz-Harald's voice raised. I don't believe I have ever raised my voice to him. There has never been any question of a row," Jordan told reporters at the German Grand Prix.

"You will never find an easier or a nicer person to drive for you," he added, two days after his team issued a statement saying that Frentzen had been fired on the eve of his home grand prix. "Heinz is one of the nicest people who ever drove a racing car and a fantastically nice man,"

Jordan was reluctant to go into much detail about the reasons for the German's departure so we are probably going to have to wait until Heinz-Harald feels ready to speak before we get a clearer picture.
"We were unhappy about certain things going forward," commented Jordan. "It came to a head a bit after Silverstone.
"There were several things I was unhappy about and we just couldn't agree," Jordan said. "The future of the team is everything to me. I have to think about what will deliver the best results for our sponsors, our drivers and our staff, me included. And I have to be sure I go down the path that is going to give is the best chance of a result."

Jordan said he hoped time would heal the rift between him and Frentzen. "Hopefully time will mend the wound but often people see it in different ways," he said. "There was just a range of things that I needed to do going forward, on the basis of that I made a decision that the best thing for both of us was to terminate the agreement.
"Let's hope that what has happened rebounds to be the best for Jordan and the best for Heinz," he added. "Heinz has, I would hope, a long racing career in front of him but that's up to him."

Jordan said that sometimes 'short term pain can lead to long term gain' and also dismissed suggestions that the team had been too soft on their drivers in the past. "Maybe some people said we were too soft at the beginning and too easy going but we have never changed in terms of our attitude," he said.

Looking ahead to the rest of 2001, Eddie admitted he doesn�t know what to expect. "We could have a complete disaster for the rest of the season or we could win a race," he said.