Eddie Irvine - Living the Fast Life

F1 was literally 100 times better back then

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.

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...

His dad looks just like him today in 2022. Looks, mannerisms etc.

IV been looking for this on YouTube for years and years

On a side note, it's nice to see the way we used to communicate before we had cell phones.

Goosebumps

Imagine what it would be like if Irvine won the championship

Ireland's greatest ever racer, and a top character too

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. 😊

Man i used to watch this like 20 years ago on repeat

I thoroughly enjoyed that a great character and a well made film 😊

i knew this exsisted, remember this on itv years ago

I had this documentary on video recorded from the telly years ago. I watched it and fantasied about living this life

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

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.

Ok, this officially made my year!! I still have the vhs and book and he still is awesome!!