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Jean Alessie claimed his first F1 victory at the 91st attempt in the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix,

and he did it on his birthday.

At the time, it seemed unthinkable to Sallacy would never win again in F1, but the fact

that his maiden victory ended up being his only one just made that day in Montreal even more

memorable in F1 history, helped by the fact he was driving a number 27 Ferrari at the circuit

named after Gilles Villeneuve.

As well as Alassie's win, we've got plenty of other 1995 F1 topics to get into here on

Bring Back V10s, and to help me, Glenn Freeman, do just that.

We have Sam Smith and a first appearance on the show for our very own podcast guru here

at the race, Jonathan Reynolds.

So, Johnny, as it's your debut, you can take the opening question first.

When you think back to Canada 95, what's the first thing that comes to mind?

Well, I think I need to put my cards on the table from the very off here and declare myself

a massive John Lacey fan.

So the first thing that always springs to mind is that image of him sat on the

back of Michael Schumacher's Benetton on the slowing down lap. I remember thinking at the time,

oh my God, this is amazing. This is what a celebration. You know, I'd never seen anything like it.

I think, again, the bias creeping out all these years later. I don't think I've seen post-race victory celebration quite as cool.

I mean, the emotion, the passion, the fact that everybody seemed to be genuinely happy

for him, you know, even Michael, who'd lost a certain victory.

So, yeah, incredible scenes. Yeah, I trust that you won't

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