S10 E1: Silverstone '93 - Hill's Heartbreak

Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories

The Race Media Ltd

Sports

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Season 10 of Bring Back V10s is here! Karun Chandhok and Edd Straw join Glenn Freeman to look back on a memorable weekend at Silverstone, where Damon Hill came agonisingly close to claiming his first F1 victory in front of his home crowd. But a rare Renault engine failure for Hill allowed his Williams team-mate Alain Prost to claim a then-record 50th win, while Prost's bitter rival Ayrton Senna stopped on the final lap of the race for the third year running. The weekend played out with tension brewing between the FIA and teams over the legality of driver aids, and Bernie Ecclestone taking shots at Indycar racing where reigning F1 champion Nigel Mansell was making international headlines. We also get the inside story of how Williams upset one of its sponsors so badly that they decided to quit F1 at the end of that season. ▶️ Watch the McLaren anniversary event we talk about in the show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDTO9XyNE_Q Want MORE BBV10s? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon and get bonus episodes, including the 1997 Revisited Series! Head to Patreon.com/therace Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Athletic
0:02.0	One year on from the peak of Mansellmania, F1 descended onto Silverstone again with the British crowd looking for a new hero.
0:18.0	The stars appeared to be aligning for Damon Hill to step into the reigning world champion's
0:22.7	vacated shoes, and Damon was well on his way to a famous first F1 victory when his dreams
0:29.2	were crushed by a rare Renault engine failure.
0:32.6	Instead, Alan Pross took a landmark 50th win, but even he admitted there wasn't much of an
0:37.4	atmosphere around such
0:38.5	a huge achievement given the nature of how it occurred. Even in Nigel Mansell's absence,
0:43.9	some things didn't change at Silverstone, though, with Ayrton Senna breaking down on the final
0:47.9	lap of the race at the same corner for the third year in a row, which lifted spirits in some
0:53.0	parts of the British crowd at least.
0:55.0	I'm Glenn Freeman and to help me kick off series 10 of Bring Back V10s
1:00.0	by looking back on the British Grand Prix from 1993, we have Ed Straw and Karun Chanduk.
1:08.0	Karun, great to have you back for another series of Bring Back V10.
1:12.0	So tell us, you can have the first opening question of the series.
1:15.5	When you think of Silverstone 93, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
1:20.5	Damon's engine blowing up and Murray Walker going,
1:24.8	Oh, what can I or anybody say?
1:29.8	Damon Hill, blah, blah, blah.
1:31.4	Yeah, I mean, that was it, wasn't it?
1:32.7	He was off to win his first Grand Prix and it imploded along with the Renault V-10.
1:38.5	Yeah, Murray made a great noise, like a real, almost a growl.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Race Media Ltd, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Race Media Ltd and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.