The Tommy Tiernan Show Thread - Mod warning, see OP

Muahahaha · 23-02-2020 04:41PM

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I'd love Eddie Irvine.

Irvine would be great but I dont think he does interviews these days and he isnt in Ireland that much anyway. He mainly lives in the Bahamas, he just bought Enrique Inglesias' house in Florida last year for $13m :eek:
https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/inside-the-13m-miami-mansion-ex-ferrari-star-eddie-irvine-has-bought-with-plans-to-knock-it-down-38590803.html

Used to love Eddie in Formula 1, he was some driver in his day. He should have won the 1999 championship but was denied it due to Ferrari incompetence with their mechanics coming out of the garage for his pit stop with three tyres instead of four and then running around like headless chickens to find the fourth tyre. An 8 second pit stop turned into almost a minute and it cost him a podium finish and the points lead for the drivers championship.

Part of me thinks they did it on purpose as Irvine didnt get on with team management very well and he was leaving the team that year anyway. Like the mechanics literally had one job , to change four tyres yet they come running out with three of them. Irvine got shafted out of what would have been the biggest moment of his career.

Jordan 199 · 23-02-2020 06:06PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Used to love Eddie in Formula 1, he was some driver in his day. He should have won the 1999 championship but was denied it due to Ferrari incompetence with their mechanics coming out of the garage for his pit stop with three tyres instead of four and then running around like headless chickens to find the fourth tyre. An 8 second pit stop turned into almost a minute and it cost him a podium finish and the points lead for the drivers championship.

Part of me thinks they did it on purpose as Irvine didnt get on with team management very well and he was leaving the team that year anyway. Like the mechanics literally had one job , to change four tyres yet they come running out with three of them. Irvine got shafted out of what would have been the biggest moment of his career.

That was the '99 European GP at the Nurburgring, which was a crazy.

Jaguar Racing (who were owned by Ford back then) were hoping Irvine would bring the number 1 to the team for the year 2000.

I liked Eddie, be spoke his mind.