 Irvine celebrating his first F1 win at the 1999 Australian Grand Prix | |||||||||||
| Born | Edmund Irvine 10 November 1965 Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||
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| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  British | ||||||||||
| Active years | 1993–2002 | ||||||||||
| Teams | Jordan, Ferrari, Jaguar | ||||||||||
| Entries | 148 (145 starts) | ||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 4 | ||||||||||
| Podiums | 26 | ||||||||||
| Career points | 191 | ||||||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 1 | ||||||||||
| First entry | 1993 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| First win | 1999 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last win | 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last entry | 2002 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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Edmund Irvine Jr. (/ˈɜːrvaɪn/; born 10 November 1965) is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2002, and finished runner-up in the 1999 World Drivers' Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
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 made his Formula One debut in 1993 with Jordan Grand Prix, where he achieved early notoriety for his involvement in incidents on and off the track. He scored his first podium in 1995 with Jordan, before moving to Ferrari in 1996. His most successful season was in 1999 when he took four victories and finished second in the World Championship, two points behind McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen. In his four years with Ferrari he also finished fourth overall in 1998 and scored 22 podiums. He moved to Jaguar Racing in 2000, scoring the team's first podium in 2001 and his final podium in 2002. Irvine retired from competitive motorsport at the end of the 2002 season. As of 2024[update], Irvine jointly holds the record with four drivers (Lando Norris, Mika Häkkinen, Jean Alesi and Patrick Depailler) for scoring the most podiums before winning a Grand Prix (15).[1]
Since retiring, Irvine became a media personality in Great Britain. He was linked with the takeover of the Jordan and Minardi Formula One teams in 2005, but talks came to nothing. Irvine also expanded his interests in the property market, having built up an investment portfolio during his racing career.