Kammala wannan jumla: Irvine ya kasance a Jaguar don 2001 kuma Luciano Burti ya kasance abokin tarayya. Duk da takaicin muryarsa, shugaban kungiyar Jaguar Bobby Rahal ya goyi bayan Irvine a kakar wasa mai zuwa, kodayake Irvine bai da kwarin gwiwa game da rashin tabbas game da tawagarsa ta zama gasa wanda ya yi murya. Rahal ya damu game da halin Irvine lokacin da motar ƙungiyar, Jaguar R2, ba ta da kyau a lokacin gwajin kakar wasa. Irvine ya goyi bayan ra'ayin da za a kori shi a karshen kakar wasa idan ayyukansa ba su gamsar da tawagar ba. Irvine ya sami matsayi na 11 a zagaye na farko a Ostiraliya kuma ya kasa gamawa a tsere huɗu na gaba. Kafin Spanish Grand Prix, Burti ya bar Jaguar don shiga ƙungiyar Prost don haka Irvine ya haɗu da Pedro de la Rosa. Irvine ya yi nasarar gama
Grand Prix na Austrian a matsayi na bakwai kuma ya ɗauki jagorar farko na jagora tare da matsayi na uku a zagaye na gaba a Monaco. A watan Yuni, an tabbatar da cewa Irvine da de la Rosa za su ci gaba da Jaguar a shekara ta 2002.