The people who don't know me only see me through sound bites, and everything's changed around. Things I've said are changed to suit the magazine or newspaper concerned. The people who know me have a very different view, I would say.
"Edmund "Eddie" Irvine, Jr." is a retired British Auto racing/racing driver from Northern Ireland. He was the runner-up in 1999 Formula One World Drivers' Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari/Ferrari.
Irvine was influenced by his parents to enter motor racing. He began his career at the age of seventeen when he entered the Formula Ford Championship achieving early success, before progressing to the Formula Three and Formula 3000 Championships. He first drove in Formula One with the Jordan Grand Prix/Jordan team in 1993 Formula One season/1993 season, where he achieved early notoriety for his involvement in incidents during his early career. He clinched his first podium finish in before moving to Scuderia Ferrari/Ferrari in .
His most successful season was in when he took four victories and challenged McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen for the World Championship, eventually finishing the runner-up. He moved to Jaguar Racing/Jaguar in and endured poor results but managed to clinch his team's first podium in and another podium in . Irvine left Jaguar due to friction within his team and announced his retirement from competitive motorsport when he did not secure a race seat.
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There's no way Ferrari made a car that bad.
The history meant that someone like Todt would go work there. The history was what convinced Michael Schumacher to go there.
McLaren have a reliability problem, ... but an aggressive style of driving can also lead to faults.
Jenson has been beaten by all of them apart from Takuma Sato and Jacques Villeneuve .
Michael isn't getting any slower.
The young guys need a validation of beating Michael in a wheel-to-wheel race, which they will do now because they're younger, more committed probably than Michael is, ... I'm not saying Michael's not committed, but he's 36. Wheel to wheel, the young guy's going to win, I have no doubt about that.
The young guys need a validation of beating Michael in a wheel-to-wheel race, which they will do now because they're younger, more committed probably than Michael is. I'm not saying Michael's not committed, but he's 36. Wheel to wheel, the young guy's going to win, I have no doubt about that.
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