 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muvhiki pamberi peEuropean Grand Prix, Jordan akazivisa kuti Irvine aizochengetwa pachibvumirano chemakore maviri. Zvisinei, Ferrari yakabva yazivisa kuti yakanga yatenga chibvumirano chaIrvine, uye kuti aizove achibatsirana naMichael Schumacher muchikwata che1996. Akaita zvakanaka munhangemutange nekupedza ari wechitanhatu, kunyange zvazvo akapedza ari kunze kwemapoinzi muPacific Grand Prix. Irvine akawana mapoinzi ake ekupedzisira emwaka nechishanu muJapan, uye akapedza mwaka nekurega basa muAustralia, nekuda kwekumanikidzwa kwepneumatic. Akapedza gore rechi12 muDrivers Championship aine 10 mapoinzi. 