TREMAYNE: Remembering the emotional day at Silverstone when fate – for once – smiled on Johnny Herbert
F1 Hall of Fame journalist David Tremayne looks back at a triumph that no one expected, but that was richly deserved after Johnny Herbert had been battered and cheated by fate.
I guess it was on Lap 51 of the 1995 British GP at Silverstone that the penny finally began to drop. There’d been a false dawn five laps earlier, but now it looked like it really was going to happen.
Johnny Herbert – ‘The Imp’ as Perry McCarthy had christened him in F3 – was actually going to win a Grand Prix... and on his home ground to boot.
Winning at home is the greatest buzz. Just ask Lewis Hamilton, or Nigel Mansell.
Next Up
Related Articles
Cadillac unveil special livery for British GP
The top finds from the F1 Hub and F1 Flagship pop-up stores
Who impressed our judges at the Austrian Grand Prix?
Betting5 drivers most likely to win the British Grand Prix
How to stream the 2026 British Grand Prix on F1 TV Premium
Norris explains if he sees himself as a one-team driver