ITV's Louise Goodman interviewed Irvine and called him Edmund; Irvine was rather irritated. Louise said that his mother probably called him that, and Irvine told her, 'Well, you are not my mum.'

In his first year with Ferrari, Eddie was asked why his teammate Michael Schumacher's helmet was oddly shaped. Irvine replied: 'Because he's German, he's got a…

On Michael Schumacher's crash at Jerez: 'Honestly, I think we all would have done the same. But I'd like to think I'd have made a better job of it!'

In an interview after the Belgian Grand Prix, during which his car had caught fire: 'I saw the flames and I thought 'S**t! This thing's on fire!''