Johnny Herbert: “I always felt I could beat anyone, anytime, in any car. But after my accident, I never had those feelings again…”
F1 Beyond The Grid
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4.7 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2018
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
He’s one of racing’s toughest nuts – a man who refused to let potentially life-changing injuries stand in the way of his dream of racing in Formula 1.
This week on Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, we’re joined by Johnny Herbert, a man for whom the phrase ‘triumph over adversity’ seems tailor made. Once the bright young hope of British Motorsport, Herbert’s career came to an abrupt halt when he suffered horrific damage to his feet in an F3000 crash. But he refused to give in, battling his way onto the F1 grid less than a year later with truly remarkable results. In an enthralling discussion, Johnny explains how the accident changed his life and career, discusses his hat-trick of Grand Prix wins and describes life as Michael Schumacher’s team mate.
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| 0:00.0 | Bose is the presenting partner of Beyond the Grid. That's because Bose quiet comfort 352 |
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| 0:18.0 | you fade away, allowing you to focus fully on what matters to you. |
| 0:22.8 | Hi, I'm Johnny Herbert and you're listening to Beyond the Grid. |
| 0:30.3 | Welcome along again to Beyond the Grid, your weekly fix of F1 conversation. I'm Tom Clarkson |
| 0:36.8 | and joining me this time is one of racing's toughest nuts. Someone who still suffers pain on a |
| 0:42.7 | daily basis. As a result of the injuries he sustained in a crash 30 years ago, but he doesn't complain |
| 0:49.4 | and he never has. The man I'm talking about is Johnny Herbert. A Formula 3000 accident at Brands |
| 0:55.8 | Hatch in 1988 defined his career as a driver. Everything he did before the crash pointed to him being |
| 1:01.8 | a future F1 World Champion. Everything after it left us wondering just what might have been. |
| 1:08.1 | Despite suffering horrific injuries, this fighter still carved himself a long career in F1 |
| 1:14.1 | and he famously won three Grand Prix in the 90s, two for Bennetton and one for Stuart. |
| 1:19.2 | But you sense there could have been a lot more because as a young driver he was held in the very |
| 1:24.4 | highest regard. Nowadays Johnny's still involved in F1 through his TV punditry with Sky and he's |
| 1:30.8 | still the same cheeky chap with a quip never far away. But he's got such a positive outlook, |
| 1:36.8 | is a testament to his character, his story is both harrowing and inspirational and he tells it like it is. |
| 1:43.6 | I hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:47.9 | Well Johnny, thanks for joining us on Beyond the Grid. We're chatting at Suzuki. |
| 1:52.7 | Now how much would you still like to be out there here at one of the greatest race tracks on Earth? |
| 1:58.7 | Would love it. I mean seriously. I feel like to be out there. |
| 2:01.9 | Yeah, because I think it sort of stays in your blood. You never get out of your veins and if |
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