Kammala wannan jumla: Irvine ya kasance a Jaguar don 2002 kuma De la Rosa ya sake zama abokin tarayya. A shirye-shiryen kakar wasa mai zuwa, Irvine ya gudanar da gwajin motsa jiki kuma ya rubuta babban ci. Duk da haka, ya kasance mai hankali game da tsammanin tawagarsa ta shiga cikin shekara, yana cewa: "Ya kamata mu jira kawai mu ga abin da ya faru da wannan motar, wannan ita ce alamar tambaya". A zagaye na farko a Ostiraliya, Irvine ya gama na huɗu; kuma a tseren da ya biyo baya a Malaysia, an tilasta masa yin ritaya tare da matsalar hydraulics. Daga baya Irvine ya sami nasarar lashe matsayi na bakwai a gasar Grand Prix ta Brazil, kafin ya sha wahala a jere a cikin tsere uku masu zuwa. Daga baya ya gama Grand Prix na Monaco a matsayi na tara, wanda ya biyo baya tare da ƙarin ritaya a jere a cikin tsere bakwai. Koyaya, wannan ya nuna wani juyi yayin da Irvine ya sami nasarar gamawa a duk sauran tseren. Ya kasance a cikin matsayi na maki sau biyu a wannan lokacin - a matsayi na shida a Belgium kuma ya dauki matsayi na karshe a cikin aikinsa tare da na uku a gasar zakarun Turai.
Italiya ce. Ya gama kakar wasa ta tara a gasar zakarun Turai, tare da maki takwas.