Eddie Irvine

Edmund Eddie Irvine, Jr. is a retired British racing driver from Northern Ireland. He was the runnerup in 1999 Formula One World Drivers Championship, driving for Ferrari.

Irvine was born onNovember 1965 in Newtownards, County Down in Northern Ireland, to Edmund Sr. and Kathleen. He spent his childhood in the village of Conlig. He has one older sister, Sonia who acted as Irvines physiotherapist until 1999. He completed studies in high school Regent House Grammar School, without ever excelling particularly in the results. Irvines first taste of motorsport came when his family spent their holidays attending the British Grand Prix. His father also raced in singleseater cars for fun. Irvine originally expressed interest in motorcycles but his father thought them too dangerous. Irvine worked unpaid in his fathers scrapyard, in return for which his father funded his racing hobby. He later listed John Watson as his childhood hero.

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