Eddie Irvine is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland who competed under the British flag in Formula One from 1993 to 2002. Born in Newtownards, County Down, he began racing in Formula Ford in 1983 at the age of 17, won the Esso and RAC Formula Ford series and the Formula Ford Festival with Van Diemen in 1987, then moved through British Formula 3 and International Formula 3000. He made his Formula One debut with Jordan in 1993, took his first podium there in 1995 and moved to Ferrari in 1996. His best season was 1999, when four victories left him runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship, two points behind Mika Häkkinen, after finishing fourth in 1998. He won four Grands Prix, drove for Jaguar from 2000 to 2002 and retired after that season, later becoming a media personality and property investor.
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a former racing driver from Northern Ireland who competed under the British flag in Formula One from 1993 to 2002
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Irvine was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1999 with Ferrari
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