@@Sum_Ting_Wong I didn't find it boring at all. I rather watch a good strategy and one genuine overtake than this Gimmicky Whacky Races. It's like increasing the size of the goal in order to have more action in football.
@@Sum_Ting_Wongare you crazy?! The racing was unbelievable back then, the cars where so much harder to drive and races where much more unpredictable when it came to mechanical failures and crashes!
@@Sum_Ting_Wong yeah those V10s were really boring sounding cars, not like todays huge and heavy anemic vaccum cleaner sounding cars. Refueling - different strategies was also boring, zero cost cap - infinite engines, infinite testing made it boring, running everything on a simulator made everything more virtually more exciting, Record numbers of manufacturers involved, tyre wars, true backmarker teams run by rogue shady businessmen, dubious sponsors bankrupting teams, biggest scandals the sport has ever seen. Really boring compared to the sterilized liberty media procession show we have today
Eddie's life has been like the ultimate male fantasy. Good looks, lots of women, money, beautiful houses, Ferrari road cars and being a Grand Prix winning Ferrari Formula 1 driver on top of that. The only thing that's missing is the F1 Drivers title, but other than that what an amazing life this man has lived.
@@LDis1 Different era, different suave, swagger. Brad Pitt is no James Dean, either, right? Both very likely have more in that life has to offer than you and I. I struggle to verbalize just how more advantageous their life must be compared to the ordinary people.
He got very very close to winning a world title though. If Ferrari hadn't had botched his pitstop at the European Grand Prix then he would have almost certainly done it.
I love that Eddie wasn't bitter towards anyone in this hard time.. he wasn't critical of the team . He gave real honest credit to Mika for winning the final race. And he was 100% right about Michael only beating by drivers that had better cars 😮
had this on VHS and also the book. MY mum ofc sold both at a car boot sale so getting to watching this again is fanastic. Great insight into the second half of 99 season from a driver who was one of the best, but also had an air of not giving a f*** lol
Life was so much better before the smartphone bullshit! I enjoyed the late 90s with the Nokia bricks that were just for calling and had a batter life of 4 weeks.
I remember this programme when it first aired. Thoroughly engaging to see it again. Irvine was the man the greatest F1 driver hit! Ayrton Senna. Thats always resonated most. However, this programme shows he'd come of age in the late 90s and could have taken the title, only because Schumacher had broken his leg at Silverstone and was out of contention for the most part. Nevertheless, Eddie put up a great fight to Hakkinen and should be proud. Eddie Jordans belief in him is strong and telling. I always thought Schumacher was secretly happy Eddie didnt beat him to the title. A year later the Schuey domination started of five consecutive titles to add to his two with Benetton. His Dad is the mirror older image of Eddie and his lifestyle just amazing. Moving onto Jaguar was the wrong move to a failed project which ended any title hopes. This film is now a great period piece. Thanks for posting. 😊
Does anyone think Michael deliberately didn’t win last race so Irvine wouldn’t be champion ? It was a sterling effort by Eddie and Ferrari but that bungled pit stop in one of the races cost them points.
Michael no. Ferrari yes. Although I would not blame Michael even if he did. Ferrari did not want the number 1 on a Jaguar. Michael helped Irvine in Malaysia (this was payback for multiple times Irvine helped him. These days when you think Ferrari and team orders, you think Barrichello in Austria. Truth is, Irvine moved over for Michael way more times than Rubens did, and as well as that, he basically drove an experimental guinnia pig car for Michael between 96-98). Anyway Hakkinen won and rightly so. My favourite driver.
Of course. Why in the hell would MS have worked to hand his teammate ferraris first WDC in 20 odd years?! Schumacher would have been a lot closer to hakkinen in Suzuka if he had wanted to be.
@@john-kl3ux Absolutely true. If Irvine had won a WDC, he’d have been the most average driver to do so in history. Truthfully, he was - and never will be - a champion.
exactly, and with the start at suzuka..Hakkinen easily getting by Michael...he knew what he was doing. He had been at Ferrari for a few years at that point, and was touted as the saviour...and he was going to sit there as...Eddie Irvine..wins Ferrari's first drivers title in however many years? after all that work and everything? like I said, he knew what he was doing.
I think Eddie has said that after Michael was injured, the team stopped development on that year's car - and put all effort into the following year's car(as Michael had more points than Eddie had that time - and they didn't think they could win the WDC). Eddie has even said that if he had been in Jean Todt's position, he would of done the same thing. He has even praised Schumacher, saying that during his era, it was basically Schumacher versus Adrian Newey's cars.
Many thanks for this upload. It brings back great memories, where I uses to have it on VHS. Interestingly there where two versions of this film made, with the TV version shown on Channel 4 unbleeping the swearing, being edited in a different order, having slightly less race footage, the occasional extra bit (like Eddie pulling down his friends trousers after the Italian GP and different narration (a male voice instead of a female one).
Wouldn’t surprise me if Michael blew the last race on purpose because he wanted to be the first to win the championship in the Ferrari…great documentary 👍🍻
Such a "great coincidence" that only right after the announcement of the non-renewal of Eddie's contract with Ferrari, the performances of the car and the team dropped in such a bizarre way: the poor performances in Monza and Suzuka, the incident with the wheel in Nürburgring... And furthermore, I read somewhere that after Schumi's return, he and Ferrari sabotaged Eddie's car in Suzuka (Eddie described the handling of that car like "driving on corks" or something like that), precisely in one of those tracks where Eddie's performances shine the best, to make sure that he wouldn't win the championship. If that was true, then no matter how mystic and beloved Ferrari is, it's just one of many stains in the honor of the team along its history. I have also read that Eddie had "quite a large mouth" (meaning that he often spoke to much, and often to say nasty things to and about his team), but- was he the only driver to date to behave like that? How about Nelson Piquet, or Alain Prost who was fired from Ferrari mid-season? Just to mention a couple of them.
Even though I've always been a Hakkinen fan, Eddie still has my respect for being at a successful level with Ferrari. I would be interested to see what Eddie is doing in 2022
That Monza race, Ferrari missed a trick. If they retired Salo on purpose it would’ve gave Irvine an extra point for 5th. Then it means Schumacher gives way at Suzuka and Irvine wins by a point. Plus Ferrari are still Constructors champions by 1 point.
In hindsight, yes, but Salo fought all race at Monza with Coulthard, and they didn't want to risk that podium. Irvine has himself to blame, after the start he was just behind Salo, but after the two Lesmos he got overtaken by Barrichello and Hill, while Salo passed Coulthard.
Would have been really unfair on Salo to have deprived him of a Monza podium - they holy grail for a Ferrari driver (especially one who was only part-time). Plus it would have meant letting Coulthard though and he was still in World Championship contention then so letting him have an extra point could have turned out badly for Ferrari (DC only dropped out after crashing at the Nurburgring).
@@jockejocke1 Well it wouldn't have been 90 secs between if Irvine had to be 2nd to win the title. He wouldn't be cruising home like he did if he had purpose to push.
Back when drivers still had personality and weren’t corporate puppets who present their bland boring selfes on social media. Disgusting what has become of the sports!
Eddie just loves money and that is why he never interviews about it. I personally think they (Ferrari AND Irvine) knew after Silverstone that Irvine could win the title. After all in that race, once again, like many times in 98 and 99, Irvine was finding himself ahead of Micheal at the start of a GP. BTW "missing tire" in Nurburgring is NOTHING compared to Ferrari's actions in Malaysia. They literally came out in front of everyone and admitted they broke the rules as if they WANTED to be disqualified. Ross Brawn even got his ruler out in front of the press to make sure everyone knew that rules had been broken. I am convinced Ferrari deliberately self sabotaged and I am also convinced Irvine himself directly or indirectly agreed to it. They even made out Salo to have sacrificed a win in Germany despite the fact Irvine was lapping quicker and would have overtaken him anyway. Schu would have won the 99 title without doubt, but I am convinced Ferrari self-sabotaged as a result of his injury. They always have a number 1 and a number 2. Just ask Sainz today.
If Ferrari wouldn't have wanted Eddie to win the title then they wouldn't have asked Mika Salo to let him pass in Hockenheim and Michael to let him pass in Malaysia. Such tire mess ups have happened to many other teams too not just with Ferrari. Eddie just wasn't lucky or good enough to win the title.
@@horsepower523 Absolutely bang on. Just wasn't good enough to win the title. That tyre error doesnt happen with Michael cos Michael doesn't leave anything to chance.
@@horsepower523 well thats just dumb cuz that wouldve been OBVIOUS dont you think? Do you really think - c'mon, put some of those brain cells to work - Ferrari wouldve covertly and openly, not supported their remaining driver for a title challenge? Thats not how the world works junior, that is unacceptable PR awful brand PR...you must be 5 years old
I want to live like Eddie Irvine in 99! The world was still intact back then, it got only downhill from there on! The social media propaganda bullshit world we have these days is nothing but a dystopian hellscape! I want to go back to the time when the device you have was a Nokia brick you could call people with and that’s it. The battery lasts 4 weeks and you’re not getting interrupted by stupid notifications and you’re not surrounded by idiots filming everything you do!
No way that tyre mistake by chance, it was deliberate someone didn’t want Eddie to have a championship. He was a more better driver than often accredited for helping engineers set up a bad car particularly that years car - yes a wild lifestyle guy still deserved a championship.
I'm watching this and thinking, this guy just got his first win in 1999 when this was filmed. Before he even gets his first win, dudes got a yacht and helicopter. They must have payed really dam well back then if you made that much money without even having won. That's wild.
@@stiofan5754 I didn't know that. What was he doing? I know he has some kind of a home design company that does really well now. He seems like a good business man.
They should do a modern remake of this with Lewis Hamilton. Except it will just be him sitting in a padded white room on comfy beanbags with a tea cosy on his head talking about poetry or some bullshit
F1 was literally 100 times better back then
The racing was boring but the characters had more personality
@@Sum_Ting_Wong I didn't find it boring at all. I rather watch a good strategy and one genuine overtake than this Gimmicky Whacky Races. It's like increasing the size of the goal in order to have more action in football.
@@Sum_Ting_Wongare you crazy?!
The racing was unbelievable back then, the cars where so much harder to drive and races where much more unpredictable when it came to mechanical failures and crashes!
@@Sum_Ting_Wong yeah those V10s were really boring sounding cars, not like todays huge and heavy anemic vaccum cleaner sounding cars. Refueling - different strategies was also boring, zero cost cap - infinite engines, infinite testing made it boring, running everything on a simulator made everything more virtually more exciting, Record numbers of manufacturers involved, tyre wars, true backmarker teams run by rogue shady businessmen, dubious sponsors bankrupting teams, biggest scandals the sport has ever seen. Really boring compared to the sterilized liberty media procession show we have today
I miss bernie ecclestone. This goal to get north americans to watch f1 has destroyed the sport
Eddie's life has been like the ultimate male fantasy. Good looks, lots of women, money, beautiful houses, Ferrari road cars and being a Grand Prix winning Ferrari Formula 1 driver on top of that. The only thing that's missing is the F1 Drivers title, but other than that what an amazing life this man has lived.
Eddie is great but he is no James Hunt...
@@LDis1 Different era, different suave, swagger. Brad Pitt is no James Dean, either, right? Both very likely have more in that life has to offer than you and I. I struggle to verbalize just how more advantageous their life must be compared to the ordinary people.
i love my son more than eddie his life
nothing change
material people
He got very very close to winning a world title though. If Ferrari hadn't had botched his pitstop at the European Grand Prix then he would have almost certainly done it.
@@potatogirlcultist19but imagine the first Ferrari title for a while not won by Michael...🤭
If this was made today, this would be a Netflix Original
I love that Eddie wasn't bitter towards anyone in this hard time.. he wasn't critical of the team . He gave real honest credit to Mika for winning the final race. And he was 100% right about Michael only beating by drivers that had better cars 😮
9:31 watching his overalls being hang dried has got to be the most down to earth moment for a racing driver!
A "major malmisorganisation" problem.
We miss you Murray Walker...
IV been looking for this on CZcams for years and years
Me too...
Same here!!
His dad looks just like him today in 2022. Looks, mannerisms etc.
I actually thought it was him until I remember this was from 25 years ago!
had this on VHS and also the book. MY mum ofc sold both at a car boot sale so getting to watching this again is fanastic. Great insight into the second half of 99 season from a driver who was one of the best, but also had an air of not giving a f*** lol
On a side note, it's nice to see the way we used to communicate before we had cell phones.
1:15:35
Life was so much better before the smartphone bullshit!
I enjoyed the late 90s with the Nokia bricks that were just for calling and had a batter life of 4 weeks.
I had this documentary on video recorded from the telly years ago. I watched it and fantasied about living this life
Man i used to watch this like 20 years ago on repeat
Imagine what it would be like if Irvine won the championship
I remember this programme when it first aired. Thoroughly engaging to see it again. Irvine was the man the greatest F1 driver hit! Ayrton Senna. Thats always resonated most. However, this programme shows he'd come of age in the late 90s and could have taken the title, only because Schumacher had broken his leg at Silverstone and was out of contention for the most part. Nevertheless, Eddie put up a great fight to Hakkinen and should be proud. Eddie Jordans belief in him is strong and telling. I always thought Schumacher was secretly happy Eddie didnt beat him to the title. A year later the Schuey domination started of five consecutive titles to add to his two with Benetton. His Dad is the mirror older image of Eddie and his lifestyle just amazing. Moving onto Jaguar was the wrong move to a failed project which ended any title hopes. This film is now a great period piece. Thanks for posting. 😊
i knew this exsisted, remember this on itv years ago
Ok, this officially made my year!! I still have the vhs and book and he still is awesome!!
Glad you enjoyed it
@@RaceDayReplay ee333333333333³³eee3333³35
I réad his book it was very good I have the veido somewhere he was great I love max but he never cared what people thought of him
@@audreyperrin320 he indeed never cared, and i think he still doesn’t :-)
Goosebumps
Ireland's greatest ever racer, and a top character too
Great doc. Thanks for uploading ,
Thank you for uploading. Brings back so many memories. Had these on VHS.
I thoroughly enjoyed that a great character and a well made film 😊
Thank you so much for sharing 🤩🤩
Thanks for watching!
Does anyone think Michael deliberately didn’t win last race so Irvine wouldn’t be champion ?
It was a sterling effort by Eddie and Ferrari but that bungled pit stop in one of the races cost them points.
Michael no. Ferrari yes. Although I would not blame Michael even if he did. Ferrari did not want the number 1 on a Jaguar. Michael helped Irvine in Malaysia (this was payback for multiple times Irvine helped him. These days when you think Ferrari and team orders, you think Barrichello in Austria. Truth is, Irvine moved over for Michael way more times than Rubens did, and as well as that, he basically drove an experimental guinnia pig car for Michael between 96-98). Anyway Hakkinen won and rightly so. My favourite driver.
Of course. Why in the hell would MS have worked to hand his teammate ferraris first WDC in 20 odd years?! Schumacher would have been a lot closer to hakkinen in Suzuka if he had wanted to be.
@@john-kl3ux Absolutely true. If Irvine had won a WDC, he’d have been the most average driver to do so in history. Truthfully, he was - and never will be - a champion.
exactly, and with the start at suzuka..Hakkinen easily getting by Michael...he knew what he was doing. He had been at Ferrari for a few years at that point, and was touted as the saviour...and he was going to sit there as...Eddie Irvine..wins Ferrari's first drivers title in however many years? after all that work and everything? like I said, he knew what he was doing.
I think Eddie has said that after Michael was injured, the team stopped development on that year's car - and put all effort into the following year's car(as Michael had more points than Eddie had that time - and they didn't think they could win the WDC). Eddie has even said that if he had been in Jean Todt's position, he would of done the same thing. He has even praised Schumacher, saying that during his era, it was basically Schumacher versus Adrian Newey's cars.
Amazing , just amazing documentary .
Many thanks for this upload. It brings back great memories, where I uses to have it on VHS.
Interestingly there where two versions of this film made, with the TV version shown on Channel 4 unbleeping the swearing, being edited in a different order, having slightly less race footage, the occasional extra bit (like Eddie pulling down his friends trousers after the Italian GP and different narration (a male voice instead of a female one).
I've got that. I'll put it up when I've got time
@@RaceDayReplay cool sounds good, many thanks🙂
Eddie would have been the star of Drive to Survive if they did it in those days
1:00:24 him sitting around waiting for a tyre summarises Italy in one image. Complete mismanagement.
Wouldn’t surprise me if Michael blew the last race on purpose because he wanted to be the first to win the championship in the Ferrari…great documentary 👍🍻
Such a "great coincidence" that only right after the announcement of the non-renewal of Eddie's contract with Ferrari, the performances of the car and the team dropped in such a bizarre way: the poor performances in Monza and Suzuka, the incident with the wheel in Nürburgring...
And furthermore, I read somewhere that after Schumi's return, he and Ferrari sabotaged Eddie's car in Suzuka (Eddie described the handling of that car like "driving on corks" or something like that), precisely in one of those tracks where Eddie's performances shine the best, to make sure that he wouldn't win the championship. If that was true, then no matter how mystic and beloved Ferrari is, it's just one of many stains in the honor of the team along its history.
I have also read that Eddie had "quite a large mouth" (meaning that he often spoke to much, and often to say nasty things to and about his team), but- was he the only driver to date to behave like that? How about Nelson Piquet, or Alain Prost who was fired from Ferrari mid-season? Just to mention a couple of them.
He's nearly 60 now and still a bachelor living the high life.
Even though I've always been a Hakkinen fan, Eddie still has my respect for being at a successful level with Ferrari. I would be interested to see what Eddie is doing in 2022
Probably managing his real estate portfolio. That's where he made his money
Making more money than God, is what Edmund is doing in 2022! Lovely lad ....
Love it
I have seen Eddie Irvine while doing Ferrari testing in 1998 in Maranello.
Finally...
He's exactly what the sport lacks these days. Characters like him are what made F1 fun back in the day. And why I no longer bother watching it now.
Total agree f1 is really boring these days , don’t even bother to watch it
So close to being a champion - he was a breath away from being in the Hill Button Villeneuve Rosberg club
I've got this tape!> mate the women and boys toys!> Legend!😎👍
That Monza race, Ferrari missed a trick. If they retired Salo on purpose it would’ve gave Irvine an extra point for 5th. Then it means Schumacher gives way at Suzuka and Irvine wins by a point. Plus Ferrari are still Constructors champions by 1 point.
In hindsight, yes, but Salo fought all race at Monza with Coulthard, and they didn't want to risk that podium. Irvine has himself to blame, after the start he was just behind Salo, but after the two Lesmos he got overtaken by Barrichello and Hill, while Salo passed Coulthard.
@@lucianboros8081 if Eddie couldve caught Salo then they undoubtedly would've moved him over but unfortunately that didn't happen 😕
Would have been really unfair on Salo to have deprived him of a Monza podium - they holy grail for a Ferrari driver (especially one who was only part-time). Plus it would have meant letting Coulthard though and he was still in World Championship contention then so letting him have an extra point could have turned out badly for Ferrari (DC only dropped out after crashing at the Nurburgring).
@@jockejocke1 Well it wouldn't have been 90 secs between if Irvine had to be 2nd to win the title. He wouldn't be cruising home like he did if he had purpose to push.
Salo had the measure of Irvine. Irvine wasn’t good enough. End of story.
Back when drivers still had personality and weren’t corporate puppets who present their bland boring selfes on social media.
Disgusting what has become of the sports!
Well, he's nearly 60 now and still living the high life lol
Tony Montana: the world is yours
I loved Eddie there is no one like him now I think he went in to real estate
That was a great watch! :D
45:20 can any one name the music? The End credits mention Michael Conn
Ferrari didn't want Eddie to win before Michael. No tire what a joke.
Eddie just loves money and that is why he never interviews about it. I personally think they (Ferrari AND Irvine) knew after Silverstone that Irvine could win the title. After all in that race, once again, like many times in 98 and 99, Irvine was finding himself ahead of Micheal at the start of a GP. BTW "missing tire" in Nurburgring is NOTHING compared to Ferrari's actions in Malaysia. They literally came out in front of everyone and admitted they broke the rules as if they WANTED to be disqualified. Ross Brawn even got his ruler out in front of the press to make sure everyone knew that rules had been broken. I am convinced Ferrari deliberately self sabotaged and I am also convinced Irvine himself directly or indirectly agreed to it. They even made out Salo to have sacrificed a win in Germany despite the fact Irvine was lapping quicker and would have overtaken him anyway. Schu would have won the 99 title without doubt, but I am convinced Ferrari self-sabotaged as a result of his injury. They always have a number 1 and a number 2. Just ask Sainz today.
If Ferrari wouldn't have wanted Eddie to win the title then they wouldn't have asked Mika Salo to let him pass in Hockenheim and Michael to let him pass in Malaysia. Such tire mess ups have happened to many other teams too not just with Ferrari. Eddie just wasn't lucky or good enough to win the title.
@@horsepower523Absolutely correct. He had that One chance and he didn't grasp it with both hands. He blew it.
@@horsepower523 Absolutely bang on. Just wasn't good enough to win the title. That tyre error doesnt happen with Michael cos Michael doesn't leave anything to chance.
@@horsepower523 well thats just dumb cuz that wouldve been OBVIOUS dont you think? Do you really think - c'mon, put some of those brain cells to work - Ferrari wouldve covertly and openly, not supported their remaining driver for a title challenge? Thats not how the world works junior, that is unacceptable PR awful brand PR...you must be 5 years old
i have a knack for faces, lol the girl at 47:07 was in the music video nightcrawlers push the feeling on.
Не торопись, Эдди.
Holy smoke! Is this DVD quality?!
No, it's a VHS rip.
What a 🔔 end. If only he was good on the track. Michael Schumacher’s whipping boy
Yea ... Poor girl ..
That probably didn't last long ..
Is it just me or does it seem strange that the britpress (or much of it) slagged Eddie for the same things they lauded Hunt for?
Different times perhae, but one was a public schoolboy & English & the other a streetwise Ulsterman. Hunt & Irivine were very good friends
Was this on Channel 4 in the first week of 2000? (About 5th or 6th January)?
I want to live like Eddie Irvine in 99!
The world was still intact back then, it got only downhill from there on!
The social media propaganda bullshit world we have these days is nothing but a dystopian hellscape!
I want to go back to the time when the device you have was a Nokia brick you could call people with and that’s it.
The battery lasts 4 weeks and you’re not getting interrupted by stupid notifications and you’re not surrounded by idiots filming everything you do!
No way that tyre mistake by chance, it was deliberate someone didn’t want Eddie to have a championship. He was a more better driver than often accredited for helping engineers set up a bad car particularly that years car - yes a wild lifestyle guy still deserved a championship.
Eddie's Dad, "This might be the one.."lol
50:10 cuteness.
And I don't know why, but so many times when I see Eddie in certain angles I think before I catch myself "what's John Lydon doing here?".
I'm watching this and thinking, this guy just got his first win in 1999 when this was filmed. Before he even gets his first win, dudes got a yacht and helicopter. They must have payed really dam well back then if you made that much money without even having won. That's wild.
he made his money in japan before f1.
@@stiofan5754 I didn't know that. What was he doing? I know he has some kind of a home design company that does really well now. He seems like a good business man.
The other thing to note is the physical condition of Michael Schumacher and the current F1 drivers against F1 drivers in the 1990s is quite apparent.
50:28 what's the name of that song?
9:29 I thought you had to have nomex dry cleaned? was told washing it washes off the protective chemicals that help fire retardation.
Irvine Senior looks like Liam Neeson 😂
Eddie please tune your guitar.
Why don't you de-tune your guitar?
Damon Hill on the guitar he's not... ;-)
lol Jaguar being competitive
the girls part is creepy lol. I think guys that act like that don't get women really.
James Hunt 2.0
Yes. Myname's eddie irv I aka. Kev 😂😂🎉🎉
Good ol beans and toast lol of course
Can't beat the classics
54:50 F1 Twitter before X even existed
Reminds of James Hunt?
54:00 some fans take it a little bit too far
Just goes to prove Eddie was just a lazy playboy after all!
Yeah, he always seemed so keen to show he didn’t really care about anything . I never found it endearing.
Schumacher made sure he wouldn't win .
Ferrari didn't want their world champion driving for a different team
He literally gave him a win in Malaysia
He didnt deserve to win the Championship (I'm a Ferrari fan). He would've been the worst world champion ever. Happy afterwards he didnt win.🎉
They should do a modern remake of this with Lewis Hamilton. Except it will just be him sitting in a padded white room on comfy beanbags with a tea cosy on his head talking about poetry or some bullshit