Irvine refuses to get carried away

Eddie Irvine is refusing to get carried away despite producing another encouraging display of Jaguar Racing’s growing competitiveness at the United States Grand Prix.

Irvine, who scored his first podium in 25 races at the last race in Italy, finished second fastest in opening practice at Indianapolis yesterday just 0.5secs off the pace set by former Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher.