championships birth_place races nationality points name birth_date poles wins image article_title birth_name podiums
0 newtownards , county down , northern ireland 148 -lrb- 147 starts -rrb- gbr british 191 eddie irvine 10 november 1965 0 4 eddie irvine - ferrari portrait.jpg eddie irvine
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eddie irvine

edmund `` eddie '' irvine , jr. -lrb- born 10 november 1965 -rrb- is a retired british racing driver from northern ireland .
he was the runner-up in 1999 formula one world drivers ' championship , driving for ferrari .
irvine was influenced by his parents to enter motor racing .
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 first drove in formula one with the jordan team in 1993 season , where he achieved early notoriety for his involvement in incidents during his early career .
he clinched his first podium finish in before moving to ferrari in .
his most successful season was in when he took four victories and challenged mclaren driver mika häkkinen for the world championship , eventually finishing the runner-up .
he moved to jaguar in and endured poor results but managed to clinch his team 's first podium in and another podium in .
irvine left jaguar due to friction within his team and announced his retirement from competitive motorsport when he did not secure a race seat .
since leaving motorsport , irvine became a media personality in britain .
he was also linked with the takeover of the jordan and minardi teams in 2005 , with talks coming to nothing .
irvine also expanded his interests into the property market , having built up an investment during his racing career .
