Johnny Herbert’s 10 greatest drives

It’s 25 years since the Le Mans winner took the last of his three grand prix victories. He helps Autosport select the best performances from his long and eclectic career

Johnny Herbert started 160 Formula 1 races, took three grand prix victories and finished on the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours four times. It’s 25 years since his final GP victory so Autosport sat down with him to pick out his finest drives.

Herbert was a star in the junior single-seater ranks before his terrible F3000 crash at Brands Hatch in 1988, and demonstrated his versatility outside of F1, so the 60-year-old’s best races come from a variety of categories.

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Kevin Turner

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.