Eddie Irvine

Eddie Irvine

Eddie, Born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, has been a character in the racing world since he first raced in Irish Formula Ford 1600 in 1983. Northern Ireland racer Eddie then graduated 2 years later to teh British Championship in that class. A further two years saw him win the Formula Ford ... Read review

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Fast Eddie Go Go Go

Advantages: Grit and a real character that F1 Craves
Disadvantages: Maybe not always as 100% committed as he could be

...in 1983. Northern Ireland racer Eddie then graduated 2 years later to teh British Championship in that class. A further two years saw him win the Formula Ford festival at Brands Hatch on the way to taking the title in that season of 1987. 1988 saw another leap, this time to British Formula 3, He finished in 5th here and took a international victory when he won heat one of the famous Macau F3 GP.
1990 saw him graduate to international F3000 ...
...recieved a call up from Eddie Jordan to contest the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix for the Jordan-Hart team after his expirience at Japanese Circuits including Suzuka. He managed to score his first championship point and was drafted in full time for 1994. An early accident in the first round at the Brazillian GP in `94 saw Irvine pick up a 1 race ban by the FIA, but his attitude at the hearing saw this extended to 3 races, when he returned, he often outpaced ... more

F1Fever 14.09.2001 (14.09.2001)
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He has an opinion on everything

Advantages: Long time in f1
Disadvantages: Not very good in qualifying

Eddie Irvine has been driving in formula 1 since 1993, he has been driving longer than almost any other driver currently in f1. At 36 years of age he is one of the oldest too. The highlight of his career was when he drove for Ferrari in 1998 and 1999 with Micheal Schumacher as his team mate. He has had 4 wins in his career, all in 1999. These days his results are more mediocre. He hasn't managed to finish very many races this season. When he has ...
...I think that Eddie has past his best now. I don't think that he will retire just yet but he will probably not achieve what he did with Ferrari again. His achievments with Ferrari were impressive, but Micheal Schmacher has shown how much one of those Ferraris can do (and are still doing), and it is a lot more than Irvine did. Nowadays he is more of a personality than a driver. His opinions get everywhere. There are regular interviews with him in ...

hilareeee 27.07.2001 (29.07.2001) · Read full review
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Personality at last

Advantages: Britsh (well sort of) Personality
Disadvantages: Ego larger than skill

...not fit the standard mold. Eddie Irvine is more like an old fashioned driver, one who races for the enjoyment of the sport, rather than the money. He knows how to enjoy himself, but can still drive well. He has a big mouth and has made himself some enemies, but at least he says what he thinks, you can respect that in a driver. I don't think he will ever be world champion, but he should consistently make the middle of the field if he can get a good ...

Cactus 16.07.2000 · Read full review
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Edd Case

Advantages: A great man
Disadvantages: A bad car

Eddie Irvine is one of the good guys,one of the few Formula One drivers to have a genuine personality and an ability to drive to a very high standard.The man who was cruely looked down upon by Ferrari for commiting the sin of almost winning the Championship instead of golden boy Michael Schumacher,well if Schumacher was such an excellent driver he would never have had the crash that broke his leg would he ? Things have not been going well for Jaguar/Irvine ...

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One of lifes characters

Advantages: His outspoken, live fast die young attitude
Disadvantages: Playboy lifestyle leads to conflict with his team

Eddie has been a favourite of mine ever since I saw him cause a 3 car pile up not long into his formula one career. Unlike most of the corporate clowns in formula one Eddie Irvine is one of lifes true characters. Ok, so he might be a true international playboy who changes his supermodel girlfriends as often as his clothes but he never hides the fact. Eddie enjoys the trappings that his status brings and isn't afraid to enjoy them. Unfortunatley all ...

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Swerve does it again!!!

Advantages: Top bloke
Disadvantages: Stuck with slow pants herbert.

Edd is my modern day hero. He is exactly what I was like about 5 years ago but without the arrogance!!! Woman here, Woman there!!! Woman Everywhere!!! We all like that. Get it while you can. He is a superb racing driver in a team that has a good driver to develop the car for him like Schumacher. Unfortunately he is lumbered partnering Johnny " slow pants" Herbert for this season and the Jaguar has been unreliable and off the pace. His usual brash ...

andycharger 11.08.2000 · Read full review
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Jaguar -Give the Green Cats Time

Advantages: Engineering excellence. Vast racing experience, Well funded
Disadvantages: Reliability problems.

The Jaguar Cosworth team entered the world of Formula I admist very high expectations yet so far in the current season their results have been disappointing. This famous team which earlier won Le Mans and has always been widely regarded in Sports Car racing,started life as a Formula I team with two excellent and ,experienced drivers in Englishman Johnny Herbert and Ulsterman Eddie Irvine. Perhaps too much was expected of them too early. The team certainly has faced problems related to the car's gearbox and so far reliability has not been their strong point. Coupled with that has been more than their share of bad luck exemplified by the Austrian grand prix where at the last moment Eddie Irvine was taken ill with suspected appendicitis and had to be substituted by young Luciano Burti. Now Johnny Herbert has announced his retirement from ...

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World Chump.

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: Lets the car do the work

Lets face it, my pet chimpanzee could have one the world title last year driving the MP14. The truth of the matter is Mika is only as good as the Car. The Car won the title for him last year and the year before and he was aboard for the ride, pointing it in the right direction. Its a shame that a mediocre driver like Hakinen can win the world drivers championship when he is defiinitely not the worlds best driver. Eddie Irvine should have won it last year due to his total commitment to the team after the demise of Schumi!!! ...

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Mika Salo was an able replacement for Michael Schumacher following the German?s horrific crash as Silverstone, as he picked up 10 points from six races to lend valuable support to Eddie Irvine?s title charge. Salo began the 1999 season as a test driver for BAR Supertec but drove in three races as cover injured Ricardo Zonta. His stand-in performances for Ferrari persuaded Peter Sauber to pursue his signature and take the seat of veteran Jean Alesi for his seventh year of Formula One. Salo is often outqualified by Diniz and needs to regain the form of previous seasons. ...

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