A Drink With Eddie Irvine, Episode #4 (How he ripped off the Jaguar F1 team)

[@mgkeoh]

That was a great interview. I always find Eddie very interesting to listen to. He is very good at explaining things in a Big Picture way. And doesn’t bog you down with confusing details.

[@JCDenton2000]

Always liked Eddie. He was constantly looked down on, mostly because of Schumacher, but I always thought he was pretty cool.

[@twincamGT]

Do you not ever wonder why he's so pompous.

[@JoseStev]

shame about the epstein stuff

[@banjo7127]

Eddie was my favourite driver back in the day. Was gutted in 99 when he narrowly missed out to Mika for the championship. I used to get stick from mates because they all supported Schumacher, Coulthard, Hakkinen etc. They were silenced in 99 when he was almost world champion 🤣

[@Tom_Hadler]

10:45 Eddie lays out the truth for all to see. Legend

[@andrewpreston4127]

Indeed. A lot of truth in a succinct few words.

[@80amnesia]

I met him at the Hollywood club in Milan, back when he was in Ferrari. He defo was one of my favourite drivers✌️✨ Adoro guidare e camminare con Valleverde Formula 😄

[@giuseppepennisi8699]

You never asked him the most important question. Did he feel Ferrari sabotaged his world drivers championship campaign in 1998 when Schumacher broke his leg. The Ferrari was fast that year, but Schumacher hadn’t won his title with them yet. That year Irvine was fast. I remember watching that year thinking he was going to win the championship. There were bad pit strategies thrown at him that were basic errors anyone could have avoided. For me I think he was scammed and robbed of his world championship title.

[@noelcusack7513]

He did make alot of mistakes that year in fairness.

[@Ducksauce33]

10 figures is a billion eddie😉

[@andybailey9347]

Aye, not reality

[@randgate]

how these get so few views?

[@globalcombattv]

I think that's because he is not involved in current F1 enough.

[@midshipsport]

yeah! exactly! wtf

[@michaellavery4899]

Not many people have watched it.

[@WilkoGaming1]

Cocky but he speaks his mind and I respect that hugely. Better than a quiet person

[@deejay8706]

classic Eddie, we are missing this these days - everybody afraid to make somebody hurt accidentally

[@donathandorko]

For anyone who wants to know what "10 figures" means (3:25) , thats 1 billion.

[@luiginiolu6842]

He surely meant 10 million, and I very much doubt it was for one season only. 1 billion for a racing driver is just a ridiculous amount to even entertain even today, that figure would buy entire F1 teams altogether.

[@donathandorko]

@@luiginiolu6842 Yeah you must be right. Not like Irvine to exaggerate things haha

[@JasonicIR8]

Eddie is the best !! I Supported Eddie in Ferrari, not Shumi :D It's good to see Eddie again ...

[@Reed679]

Charlie Harper live in Malibù, Los Angeles 😂

[@008overrated]

Eddie got a lot of media attention in ireland in the 90’s but has completely vanished from media attention and I have always wondered why that is

[@Mpayne1472]

Because he’s not in F1 anymore. He also hates it. He just wants to do whatever he likes to do

[@sjp3568]

10 figures? You'd think being so "good" with money would teach you how many figures are in 10m!

[@benlotus2703]

He cannot count !

[@Ronnie-fx1fq]

Dude was drinking. Probably had a few before the interview too 😅

[@MaFd0n]

10:35 words of wisdom jo

[@TheCorrectionist1984]

Interviewer has terrible hair.

[@gold333]

How did you score these interviews?

[@londonman8688]

he is a great f1 driver and businessman

[@d23bw]

"Instead of sending tanks and planes, send schools". True dat.

[@thegamingtrainspotter4582]

why has he got a painting of chairman mao behind him?

[@markramone69]

It's Ringo Starr

[@waynebynoe99]

HEY ! I LIKE THIS GUY!(EDDIE) HE HAS VERY GOOD VISION!

[@chriskelleher349]

I wonder if Eddie gets in a shouting match with this interviewer at some point . Asks borderline rude questions.

[@jackhogan2047]

why was Eddie fired from Ferrari?

[@RCMgb]

Jack Hogan no clue

[@Deniz1923]

He wasn't. IIRC, he was a number 2 driver by contract, but having more or less matched (or gotten closer) to Schumacher in 1999, he asked for equal status. Ferrari responded by signing Rubens instead.

[@GalaxyTracker]

Schumacher broke his leg in 1999. Irvine would never get close to him if he had not.

[@richard92251]

Deniz1923 how could he ask for that? I mean, he was already destroyed again after Michael came back. First qualifying he was 1 second behind.

[@donathandorko]

After 1998, Irvine wanted equal status with Schumi (tbf that was a big ask, but to Eddie's credit, he did discreetly move over for Schumi around 4 or 5 times that season, despite being given less testing or focus in the previous 2 seasons). In 99 he was getting even closer. For 99 he did manage to get the right to setup his car whatever way he wanted, instead of being Schumi's experimentation car (yep, thats right, was contractually obliged to race on a setup basically designed for MS). But by then Ferrari knew that Irvine would want more. Rubens Barrichello was more experienced than Irvine, despite being much younger, and was the next best driver available. All Rubens wanted at that time was a win. Ferrari could give him that, but they could only give him a similar contract to Eddie in 99. Eddie at the time was basically the 3rd or 4th best driver in F1 (Coulthard). They knew Eddie would not agree to being Schumi's lapdog again for 2000, and Stewart knew that Jaguar were coming with the big bucks. He thought he was going to a team that was going to be able to challenge Mclaren and Ferrari, when instead they just changed a colour scheme of a year old car. It was basically a match made in heaven...Eddie would get mega money, Rubens would get mega car, just as Ferrari, with the help of getting half a season head start after Schumi's crash, became the dominant team. .

[@FordMad-dr5nf]

Admitted to not paying his share in tax then talks about people at the top stealing money. Ed you are at the top

[@globalcombattv]

Why the glasses indoor lol?

[@tadhg-timdolan326]

Because of the camera position on a computer I think! This way, you cannot tell that he's not making eye contact with the viewer (you) while he is looking at the interviewer on his screen. An assumption.

[@TroolPh4ntom]

His vision is augmented.

[@thomaseaves7567]

Life’s so bright……..gotta wear shades 🤣🤣

[@craig1553]

He’s the designer 😂😂. He’s not an architect, he just employs people to do it for him and he fronts the money, bull shitter.

[@michaellavery4899]

Ten figures? Isn't that a billion+?

[@mategradac199]

1999 eddie was great. HAKINEN have 3 times faster car and he only finish 2 point behind Hakinen...

[@jorgeramos8889]

Excelente Eddie

[@JarrodMiller-z7j]

Always thought he is a decent, fun person. Maybe just a good driver.

[@DaraM73]

Catch yourself on...

[@ReBeLhIpI]

5:44 what did he say? ''you dont do business with people upper than you''? Im not sure about the word ''upper'' .

[@johnj8069]

poorer..

[@pega1245]

who is this Eddie Irvine kid?

[@reeceleebody3710]

Eddie Irvine is my cosen

[@reeceleebody3710]

Reece leebody

[@kevinjamesdawes7223]

He must get sick of crap interviews like this

[@smoothacceleration437]

Eddie is one of the smartest and coolest cats to ever race. But to use this interview for a click baitey title like "he ripped off Jaguar" is ridiculous. He negociated well and Jaguar shot themselves in the foot by then under investing. They "ripped themselves" off.

[@andybailey9347]

10 figures? Naah

[@MAte925]

Means he said been with 100 's of women like James Hunt!👍😎

[@arnoldhiedler5901]

clever guy....

[@sailingmurdina]

Another rich git that doesnt want to pay his taxes.

[@kondjedes4866]

10-figure numbers? What? 1.000.000.000 1 Bilion thats 10 figures. So he made north of 1 bilion Euros in his last years with Jaguar? Obviously not the brightest chap. But yeah money makes money

[@arthurguitar]

I'm guessin he means the tens of millions...?

[@TheCorrectionist1984]

Yea he meant 8 figures in American parlance.

[@mirceapintelie361]

man that american accent🤣🤣this is not the irvine I remember from F1 period