Bambalwa abantu abazokhumbula i-Eddie Iquine. Futhi i-Irelandman, ngendlela, yacishe yaba ngumpetha ngo-1999 esondweni leFerrari ngaphansi kwenombolo "4".
U-Irvine wenza isiphithiphithi sakhe ngefomula 1 Ekupheleni kuka-1993 futhi wazihlukanisa nomholi womncintiswano ka-Ariston SENNA, wahamba ngemuva kombuthano, okwakukhona umhlangano onompetha ezintathu, okwenzeka Imibala ephakeme. Izinkathi ezimbili ezilandelayo zika-Eddie zichithe eJordani, kodwa zazihlala zisethunzini likaRubens Barrichello.
Ngo-1996, uMichael Schumacher waseBeretton wathuthela eFerrari, kwathi uBarrichello wanikezwa umlingani wakhe. Ngaleso sikhathi, amaBrazilian anqabile, kepha u-Irvine, owayeseduze komugqa wabafakizicelo, wavuma. Izinkathi ezintathu ze-Irelandman zazingamabolongo athembekile e-Schumacher, edlala izinhloso zeqembu. Ngalesi sikhathi, wavuka amahlandla ayi-14 e-podium, kodwa akazange anqobe noma yimuphi umjaho.
Isizini ka-1999 yaqala ngokunqoba okungalindelekile kwe-Iquine. Kuliqiniso, iSchumacher kanye nabashayeli bezindiza baseMclaren, ababeholele emncintiswaneni. Ngemuva kwalokho konke kwawela endaweni: UMichael wawina imijaho embalwa futhi wahola umzabalazo wesihloko noMick Hakkinen, futhi i-Irishman yasuka ingemuva. Lesi simo sishintshe kakhulu esigabeni sesishiyagalombili e-UK, lapho uSchumacher endiza khona ethrekhi futhi wagcwala imilenze. UFerrari wayengenalutho, kanjani ukubheja ku-Eddie.
UHakkinen, owayehola emqhudelwaneni, engxenyeni yesibili yesizini wawela emgqonyeni omnyama: imoto iyenqaba, khona-ke umlingani weqembu uzokhetha ithrekhi, kuzoba okungalungile. Futhi i-Irvine ne-Ferrari ngekhono basebenzise amaphutha ezimbangi futhi aqashwa izibuko. U-Eddie wawina e-Austria naseJalimane. Ngale ndlela, eHokkenheim, wezwa lonke uphawu lwesimo somshayeli wokuqala, lapho empeleni ethule ukunqoba kukaMika Salo, eklanyelwe ukubuyisela esikhundleni sakwaSchumacher olimele.
U-Eddie Irvain, Ferrari F399, Grand Prix of Australia
Ngaphambi kwesigaba sasePenultimate eMalaysia, uSchumacher wabuya, wadlala kahle indima yomshayeli wesibili - ukunqoba okulandelayo kwe-IRVAINE! Kuliqiniso, abashayeli bezindiza be-Scuger abenze kabili, bafaneleke ngokuphulwa kwemithetho yezobuchwepheshe, ophumelele emncintiswaneni wamenyezelwa nguHakkinen, owaba ngumpetha ngokuzenzakalelayo. Kodwa-ke, uRoss Brown, ngaleso sikhathi, umqondisi wezobuchwepheshe wethimba lase-Italy, ekwazile ukufakazela ukuthi abaphathi bakwaGrand Prix baseMalaysia babenama-curves alayini - ukunqoba kwabuyiselwa kuFerrari. Isiphetho sesihloko kwakuwukunquma eJapan, lapho i-Irvine yayishayela khona umholi we-championship ngenzuzo engamaphoyinti ama-4.
Impelasonto yonke yomjaho eJapan, u-Irvine wawubukeka kungakhathalekile futhi wakwazi ngisho nokuphula imoto ekusebenzeni. Emncintiswaneni waqala owesihlanu, kepha ngokushesha wake waya esimweni sesithathu. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akwanele, ngoba umjaho ubuhola ama-hacquinen. USchumacher uhambe eduze komshayeli we-mclaren, kepha akazange afune ukuhlasela. Noma akafuni?
Izindawo zesibili nezesithathu ziqinisekisa ukunqoba kwe-Ferrari kwi-Constrol Cup. Esikweletini somuntu siqu, u-Irvine ulahlekelwe yi-hakkinen amaphuzu amabili kuphela. Ngemuva komphumela, u-Eddie akasafuni ukudlala indima yesibili eSchumacher futhi wamukela isimemo sokuba umshayeli wokuqala weqembu elisha leJaguar. Okwesizini kathathu, i-Irishman yavuka kabili ku-podium, nangemva kokuphothula umsebenzi weFomula 1, yathuthukiswa kwezezakhiwo, yathola imali enkulu kakhulu futhi yaba phakathi kwabantu abacebe kakhulu beNyakatho Ireland.
Imiphumela inkathi Eddie Irvaine: 16 siqala, 9 podiums, 4 ukunqoba, okungcono kokuqala isikhundla - 2nd, 1 Kuhle Circle, amaphuzu 74, endaweni 2nd e ubuqhawe.
