Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọnọdụ a mere ka e nwee mgbagwoju anya banyere mba Irvine si mgbe ọ pụtara n'ememe n'elu ikpo okwu na Formula One World Championship. N'ọtụtụ oge (dịka
1995 Canadian Grand Prix, 1996 Australian Grand Prix, 1997 Argentine Grand Prix na 1997 Monaco Grand Prix), ndị na-ahazi agbụrụ ahụ jiri ihie ụzọ gbaa ụgbọ elu Irish Tricolour. Mgbe 1997 Argentine Grand Prix gasịrị, ezinụlọ ya natara oku ekwentị na-eyi egwu. Irvine rịọrọ mgbe ahụ na n'ọsọ ndị na-esote, ka a na-efegharị ọkọlọtọ shamrock na-anọpụ iche na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, ma na-akpọ Londonderry Air na-abụghị òtù okpukpe iji gosipụta mmeri.