Hey guest,

My name is Eddie_Irvine03 and I am a Zafara ... actually I'm a Darigan Zafara! And my owner angelus_novus had to work very hard before she could paint me at the Rainbow pool. I am 84704 hours old but I still behave like a spoiled child.

This is a picture of me that angelus_novus took. They think I look really cute in it, but I don't really like it. My fur looks all messy and I am not even looking at the camera!

Anyway do you know many Zafaras? We are a very special species you know! Not only are we stunningly good looking, amazingly agile and remarkably intelligent (heh ok I'm exagerating a little bit) ... but Zafaras also have a wicked sense of adventure.

Like Jarno and the rest of my family I'm a racing car driver ... or better I was a Zafara racing driver. People always said I had the most impressive personality of all drivers in F1. I still love cars, especially fast ones, either red or green ones. I had a very interesting career and now I've stopped racing and enjoy my life. Maybe you see me on a party with some nice Zafara ladies or I'm relaxing on my yacht Anaconda.

Well, that's about it from me. If you want to find out more about me, why dont you send a message to angelus_novus?

Eddie Irvine was born on the 10th November 1965 in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. At the age of 17 he had a go in his father's FF1600 car. Although his father raced for fun, Eddie started to compete in both the Irish and British FF1600 series. The early part of his career was funded by selling road cars but in 1987 he was given a works Van Diemen drive. In that season he took both the RAC and Esso titles as well as winning the Formula Ford Festival.

In 1988 Eddie moved up to British Formula 3 scoring 6 second places on the way to finishing 5th overall. In the Macau GP he took pole, fastest lap and a win in the first heat. 1989 saw a move to F3000 and after one awful season with Pacific he signed for Eddie Jordan's F3000 team where he finished 3rd overall with one race win. Again going to Macau seemed to bring him luck with the offer of a drive in Japanese F3000. He stayed for the next 3 years before returning to Europe.

During 1992, in addition to Japanese F3000, he raced for Toyota at Le Mans (setting a new lap record) finishing 4th. The F3000 title would have been his but for a controversial decision that lost him valuable points and left him tied with another driver (who won due to having more wins).

In 1993 Eddie Irvine was reunited with Eddie Jordan when he competed in the final 2 rounds of the Formula 1 World Championship. In his first race a Suzuka he scored a single point and had his infamous encounter with Ayrton Senna. On the strength of this performance Eddie was signed for the 1994 season.

1994 turned out to be another season of trials for Irvine. Due to a piece of apparently careless driving he was given a one-race sus-pension penalty which was increased to 3 races. On his return bad luck seemed to be with him wherever he drove.

Irvine was the surprise announcement as partner to Michael Schumacher when Ferrari revised its driver lineup for 1996. Irvine stayed with Ferrari for the following seasons.

1999 was the high point of his career. Irvine had won the opening race of 1999 and after Michael Schumacher had broken his leg he was Ferrari's number one. Two further victories followed but in the end Irvine came up short. Nonetheless he never came closer to winning the title.

Later he signed a three-year contract with Jaguar. Irvine's efforts at Jaguar were handicapped by poor machinery and he never really had a chance with this car. Still he showed some impressive performances.

After the 2002 season Irvine retired. And his fans are still missing him.