Wednesday March 15th, 2000

Jaguar's driver, Eddie Irvine, fears his personal safety - he revealed yesterday. Speaking after returning from the Australian Grand Prix, Irvine said: "I am very conscious of people looking at me. Look what happened to George Harrison [who was stabbed in his home by an intruder earlier this year]. I'm very careful when I go out at night these days."

Irvine cited an incident in which a man had to be restrained in a bar. "I sat down and immediately saw a guy lift a bottle," he said. "I could see he was making his way to come and whack me, but luckily my mates stopped him."