Damon Hill’s passion for Formula 1 faded soon after his 1996 world championship win, thanks in part to a detested rules change. He talked us through his career in cars.
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Former Formula 1 drivers talk to RaceFans about the cars that defined their careers.
Herbert on his painful debut, Schumacher’s title-winning Benettons and more
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Posted onAfter a brave F1 debut with Benetton, Johnny Herbert returned to the team to become a race-winner. He shared his career in cars with RaceFans.
‘Aston Martin still use my steering wheel design’ – Liuzzi on his F1 career in cars
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Posted onVitantonio Liuzzi describes his career in cars, from a hugely powerful Williams-BMW to Red Bull’s first F1 machine to the woeful HRT.
Villeneuve on Williams’ last title-winner, BMW grief and Alonso’s ‘un-driveable’ Renault
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Posted onJacques Villeneuve preferred “funky” set-ups, but found Fernando Alonso’s too extreme even for him. He described his F1 career in cars.
Coulthard on the CVT Williams, McLaren’s little-known tricks and Newey’s first Red Bulls
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Posted onHe began his grand prix career in Ayrton Senna’s Williams and ended it in a one-off Red Bull. David Coulthard talks RaceFans through 15 years of F1 cars.
My F1 Cars: Webber’s route from ‘pain in the ass’ Minardi to all-conquering Red Bull
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Posted onMark Webber stunned F1 by scoring points on his debut with Minardi, but it took him eight years to get a race-winning machine. He told RaceFans about his career in cars.
My F1 Cars: Pirro on his behind-the-scenes role refining Senna’s dominant McLarens
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Posted onEmanuele Pirro played a major role in developing Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost’s dominant McLaren-Hondas – though he never got to race anything as potent during his own grand prix career.
My F1 Cars: Mark Blundell on a great Williams and a terrible McLaren
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Posted onAfter scoring podiums with Ligier and Tyrrell, Mark Blundell got his big F1 chance with McLaren – or so it seemed. He told RaceFans about his Formula 1 career in cars.
My F1 Cars: Derek Warwick on the wins that got away
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Posted onAfter arriving in F1 with the tiny Toleman team, Derek Warwick got his big chance at Renault, but unreliability cost him more than one chance to win a race.
My F1 Cars: Marc Surer on the monstrous power of the turbo era
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Posted onMarc Surer drove F1 cars with explosive power – and for team managers with explosive tempers. He tells us about both in the new edition of My F1 Cars.
My F1 Cars: How Karun Chandhok went from the ridiculous to the sublime
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Posted onThe F1 cars he raced weren’t up to much, but Karun Chandhok has driven some of the sport’s greatest cars since, and reveals some surprising facts about them.
My F1 Cars: Perry McCarthy on Andrea Moda and more
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Posted onIn the first of a new series Perry McCarthy, who had the misfortune to drive for one of the worst teams F1 has ever seen, talks us through his career in cars.