Sauber Team: Johnny Herbert

JH Portrait (JPG 22K)

Johnny Herbert 1998





Personal statistics
Birth 25-Jun-1964 in Romford / Great Britain
Resulting age 32 years young
Height 1.70 m
Weight 66 kg
Family Wife Rebecca, daughters Amy and Chloe





Career
1975 Begin of a racing career in karting
1979 British Kart Champion
1982 British Kart Champion
1983 Formula Ford 1600
1984 Formula Ford 1600
1985 Formula Ford 1600
Victory at British Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch
1986 British Formula Ford 2000, British F3
15th place F3
1987 British F3 Champion (5 victories)
Victory at Cellnet Superprix at Brands Hatch
European F3 (18th), 3rd Monaco F3 race, 3rd Macao F3 race
Testdriver for Benetton F1 Team
1988 F3000 with Eddie Jordan Team (8th, 1 victory)
severe accident with multiple broken legs
1989 Formula 1 with Benetton-Ford (6 races) and Tyrrell (2 races), 5 points, 14th place
(4th Brazil/debut, 5th USA)
1990 Japanese F3000, Formula One with Lotus-Judd (2 races)
1991 Formula One with Lotus-Lamborghini (8 races), 0 points.
Victory at Le Mans with Mazda Sportsprototype Group C
Japanese F3000, 9th (2nd Mine)
Japanes Sportscars with Mazda
1992 Formula One with Lotus-Ford (16 races), 2 points, 14th.
Sportsprototypes Group C with Mazda, 9th (2nd Silverstone, 4th 24h Le Mans)
1993 Formula One with Lotus-Ford, 11 points, 9th
(4th Silverstone)
1994 Formula One with Lotus-Mugen-Honda (14 races), Ligier-Renault (1 race), Benetton-Ford (2 races), 0 points
1995 Formula One with Benetton, 45 points, 4th (1st Great Britain, Italy, 2nd Spain)
1996 Formula One with Sauber - Ford, 4 points, 14th place.
(3rd Monaco)
1997 Formula One with Sauber - Petronas, 15 points, 10th place.
(3rd Hungary, 4th Argentina, Belgium, 5th Spain, 6th Japan)
1998 Formula One with Sauber - Petronas, 1 point, 15th place.
(6th Australia)


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David Cunliffe's official Johnny Herbert Homepage .
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