Was Eddie Irvine a better teammate to Michael Shumacher than Rubens Barrichello? Irvine was fighting Mcleran in 1999 while Michael Shumacher sat out with a broken leg. With Ferrari wining its first constructors championship in 16 years, Ferrari's next goal was its first world championship in 20 years and Shumacher did that with Barrichello as his number two man, Barrichello might have been the reason why Shumacher was number one at Ferrari while Irvine gave Ferrari its first constructors title since the early 80s.