Bambalwa abantu abazakukhumbula i-Eddie I-Ithaine. Kunye ne-Irish, ngendlela, iphantse yaba yintshatsheli ngo-1999 kwivili laseFerrari phantsi kwenani "4".
I-Irvine yenza ukuba i-bitut yakhe kwifomula 1 Ekupheleni kuka-1993 kwaye yahlulahlula ukuba ifike kwiNkokeli yoMdzane we-Arton Sena, ehamba emva kwakhe inkanyezi yexesha, eyaqhubeka imibala ephakamileyo. Amaxesha amabini alandelayo ka-Eddie achithe eJordani, kodwa wayehlala esithunzi seRublins uBarrichello.
Ngo-1996, uMichael schumcriche ovela eTreto wafudukela eFerrari, kwaye uBarrichello wanikwa ukuba uliqabane lakhe. Ngelo xesha, abaseBrazil bayaliwe, kodwa i-Irvine, eyayikunye kumgca wesicelo, kwavuma. Amaxesha amathathu e-Irishman abe ngamagobololi athembekileyo kaSchumitha, edlala iimfuno zeqela. Ngeli xesha, wakhwela izihlandlo ezili-14 kwipodium, kodwa akazange aphumelele naluphi na ugqatso.
Ixesha le-1999 laqala uloyiso olungalindelekanga lwe-iquine. Kuyinyaniso ukuba, uMcumelist kunye nooPiloren abaqhubi beenqwelomoya, ababekhokela kugqatso. Emva koko yonke into yawa endaweni: UMichael waphumelela imidyarho embalwa kwaye wakhokelela umzabalazo wesihloko nge-hakkinen, kunye ne-Irishman yahamba iye ngasemva. Le meko itshintshe kakhulu kwinqanaba lesibhozo e-UK, apho uSchumor baleka emkhondweni waza waphulukana nemilenze. I-Ferrari yayingenayo into, indlela yokubheja kwi-Eddie.
IHakkinen, owayekhokela kubuntshatsheli, kwisiqingatha sesibini sexesha lesithuba esimnyama: Imoto iyala, iqabane lakho liya kukhetha, kuya kuba luphosakele. Kwaye i-Irvine kunye ne-Ferrari isetyenziselwe ukusilela kweentsiba kunye neeglasi ezifunyenweyo. U-Eddie uphumelele e-Austria naseJamani. Ngendlela, eHokkentiim, waziva yonke umtsalane womqhubi wokuqala, xa eneneni wazisa uloyiso lwe-mika salo, enzelwe ukutshintsha umfundisi owenzakeleyo.
U-Eddie Irvie, iFerrari F399, i-Grand Prixer e-Australia
Phambi kwenqanaba eliqinisekileyo eMalaysia, uSchumibi wabuya, odlale ngendima yomqhubi wesibini - uloyiso olulandelayo lwe-Irvane! Kuyinyani, umqhubi wenqwelomoya oye wenza kabini, afaneleke ngenxa yokwaphula umthetho wobugcisa, ophumeleleyo wabhengezwa nguHakkinen, oba yintshatsheli. Nangona kunjalo, iRoss Brown, ngelo xesha, uMlawuli wezobugcisa weqela lase-Itali, wakwazi ukubonisa ukuba amagosa e-Grand Prixes abuyiselwe i-ferrari. Ikamva lesihloko yayikukuthatha isigqibo eJapan, apho i-irvine yayiqhuba inkokeli yentshatsheli enelungelo lamanqaku ama-4.
Yonke impelaveki eJapan, i-Irvine yayijongeka yinto kwaye yakwazi ukwaphula imoto ngokuziqhelanisa. Kugqatso aluqalisayo owesihlanu, kodwa ngokukhawuleza waya kwinqanaba lesithathu. Nangona kunjalo, oku kwakunganelanga, kuba ugqatso lwalukhokelela e-hacquinen. USchumacher wahamba kufutshane nomqhubi weMcLaren Pilot, kodwa akazange ahlasele. Okanye awufuni?
Iindawo zesibini neyesithathu ziqinisekiswe iFerrari kwiNdebe yeNdawo yokuKhusela. Kwikhredithi yakho, i-Irvine ilahlekile kwi-hakkinen kuphela ezimbini. Emva kwesiphumo esinjalo, u-Eddie akasafuni ukudlala indima yesibini kuSchumacher kwaye wamkela isimemo sokuba ngumqhubi wokuqala weqela elitsha leJaguar. Ngamaxesha amathathu, i-Irishman inyuka kabini kwi-podium, kwaye emva kokugqiba umsebenzi kwiFodila 1, yabandakanyeka kwindlu ka-Ireland.
Iziphumo zeXesha le-Eddie Idvaine: 16 iqala, ii-podiums ezi-9, i-4 indawo yokuqala - 2nd, iindawo ezi-1, indawo ye-74 ye-2nd.
