The people who don't know me only see me through sound bites, and everything's changed around. Things I've said are changed to suit the magazine or newspaper concerned. The people who know me have a very different view, I would say.
Eddie will star, along with David Coulthard, in a British TV show in late 2006 called The Race. The reality programme will also feature celebrities fighting it out in rally cars, buggies and monster trucks. David will captain a girls’ team, and Eddie the boys.
ITV's Louise Goodman interviewed Eddie and called him Edmund; Eddie was rather irritated. Louise said that his mother probably called him that, and Eddie told her, "Well, you are not my mum."
Eddie is 5' 10" (1.78 m) tall.
In May 2006 it was announced that Eddie will be one of the celebrities taking part in ITVs SoccerAid. In aid of UNICEF, the show will feature an England vs. the rest of the world football match. The teams are to be made up of a mix of celebrities and ex-professionals.
Eddie owns around 40 properties throughout the world.
Nobody completed more of the 1999 world championship season than Eddie, who ran 4,777km during the season with only one retirement: 98 per cent of the season's race distance.
As of April 2006, Eddie is now the fifth richest person of Northern Ireland, having increased his personal fortune to approximately ?160 million.
Bono, from the band U2, taught Eddie how to play the guitar.
Eddie’s last win in F1 was the 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Eddie’s first F1 Grand Prix was the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix.
Eddie was seen on a number of dates with Pamela Anderson during 2005.
Eddie has the nickname of ‘Steady Eddie’.
In 2000, Eddie took over as lead driver at Jaguar Racing, finishing thirteenth with four points in the drivers' championship.
In 1998, Eddie gots three 2nd places and five 3rd places. Fourth in the title race overall, a creditable 9 points behind the 3rd placed man, David Coulthard.
In 1996, Eddie joined Ferrari as Number Two to Michael Schumacher and finished 10th in the championship.
In 1994, Eddie received a three-race ban after a difference of opinion with the late Ayrton Senna (he punched him in the face following the race). He still managed 14th overall in the championship.
In 1992, Eddie finished 4th in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship.
In 1990, Eddie finished third in his second Formula 3000 Championship.
In 1987, Eddie won the British Formula Ford Championship.
Eddie won 4 F1 GPs with Ferrari.
Eddie finished in the points 50 times.
Eddie has been on the F1 podium 26 times.
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