for their first season in 2000, the team hired former stewart gp driver johnny herbert and the 1999 championship runner-up (second place) eddie irvine. however, the team only finished in the points twice during the season. in 2001, herbert was replaced by luciano burti, who was replaced four races in the season by pedro de la rosa. although the team got double the amount of points finishes in 2001, including a podium (top three) in monaco, this did not help the fact that the team did not have the same success as stewart gp got in 1999.