Jaguar confirm that Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa are to leave the Formula One team.
Have Niki Lauda and Co made the right decision?

Here are some people's thoughts....from BBC Sport

Irvine was a loud mouth whose outbursts on the track never matched his ability on it. It's far better to go for youth.
Dr Arthur McArthur, UK
I don't see Jaguar going anywhere in the next five years, with these kind of decisions. Lauda will be gone within the year. Eddie was their best option to move them ahead while bringing in young talent.
Bill Morrison, Canada

The best F1 drivers are athletes in their sports. Not playboys. Irvine can look forward to retiring on ridiculous cash in Indy maybe?
Paul Kerton, UK

Jaguar have completely lost their way and two inexperienced drivers will at least give them another excuse and hide car problems from the intense public scrutiny experienced this year.

Eddie would have been World Champ three years ago under the 2003 points system and must be desperate to get something better than Jaguar!
Stan, UK

Irvine has a hugely over-inflated ego which is not backed up by his driving. Time to give the opportunity to someone else.
Mark Norton, UK

If Jaguar had given its drivers a decent, reliable car they could have been well up the manufacturers table. Even a brilliant driver can't make a silk steering wheel out of a sow's ear.
Steve Barlow, Scotland

He is the most over-rated driver on the tour. He just shows off too much, and fails to back it up with good racing.
Leo, Scotland

Getting rid of Irvine was long overdue; he was overrated as a driver and a terrible ambassador for Jaguar. He was once a decent number two, but even that was long ago. Good luck to Webber and Pizzonia.
Euan, Scotland

Lauda needs to look a couple of seasons ahead and it is right to do that with new blood. As for Irvine, wherever he goes, he's either got to perform or slip out of the game.
Colin Jacobs, England

How on earth can they get rid of Irvine for Webber? It just shows what a circus F1 has turned into!!
Neil, England

 

Eddie was bad PR for Jag because he just bashed the car (rightly so, it was a piece of ****). Let's not forget that this is the guy that pushed Mika Hakkinen to the last race in 1999 in a Ferrari that was arguably inferior to the McLaren.

He is one of the more talented guys on the grid, but unfortunately he took the big bucks to go to a team that was an absolute joke, just like JV did when he left Williams. Look at both of their careers now...has it been worth it? You can bet Eddie looks at Ferrari now, just as JV probably looks at Williams, and says "What was I thinking?"