23 Facts About Johnny Herbert

John Paul "Johnny" Herbert was born on 25 June 1964 and is a British former racing driver and former television announcer for Sky Sports F1.

Johnny Herbert raced in Formula One from 1989 to 2000, for seven different teams, winning three races and placing 4th in the 1995 World Drivers' Championship.

Johnny Herbert raced sports cars, winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1991 driving a Mazda 787B.

Johnny Herbert suffered career-threatening injuries in 1988, as a then championship hopeful in International Formula 3000 when he was caught up in a major accident at Brands Hatch, when Gregor Foitek nudged the side of his vehicle at Pilgrim's Drop, causing Johnny Herbert to slam into the wall head-on, then bounce across the track and slam head on again into the opposite barrier, sustaining severe ankle and foot injuries after yet more multiple collisions with the barriers.

Johnny Herbert returned to Formula 3000, this time in the highly regarded Japanese series.

From 1990 to 2000, Johnny Herbert was a fixture in Formula One, switching to the dwindling Lotus team, now managed by Peter Collins.

Johnny Herbert had to relinquish his seat to Michael Bartels while Grands Prix clashed with Japanese F3000 meetings.

Johnny Herbert repeated this result at in France, by this time Lotus had introduced the more competitive 107.

Poor reliability and bad luck cost him the chance to add to his points tally but Johnny Herbert showed well against his highly rated team mate, future-World Champion Mika Hakkinen.

Johnny Herbert utilised an upgraded Mugen Honda introduced for the Italian Grand Prix to qualify a magnificent fourth but hopes of a strong finish were quashed when he was involved in a multi-car collision at the first corner.

Johnny Herbert achieved his first podium finish with a second place in Spain as Benetton scored their first one-two finish since 1990.

Johnny Herbert then took his first victory at the British Grand Prix after Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher collided.

Johnny Herbert followed this in similar circumstances at Monza and finished 4th in the championship.

Since retiring from Formula One racing, Johnny Herbert has concentrated on sports car racing, trying to repeat his Le Mans 24 Hours overall win of 1991.

In 2005, Johnny Herbert was appointed to the post of Sporting Relations Manager at Jordan Grand Prix, which was then renamed Midland F1 for the 2006 World Championship.

In 2007, Johnny Herbert entered the Le Mans 24 Hours driving for the factory Aston Martin team at the wheel of the Aston Martin DBR9 in the GT1 class.

In 2008, Johnny Herbert won the first season of the Speedcar Series.

In 2009, Johnny Herbert made his debut in the British Touring Car Championship for Team Dynamics at the wheel of a Honda Civic at round eight of the championship, Silverstone.

Johnny Herbert was running well, and was holding 4th, but was forced to retire on lap 13, after contact with Jason Plato.

Johnny Herbert went on to compete in the final two rounds of the season.

From 2012 to 2022, Johnny Herbert was a regular contributor to the Sky Sports F1 channel.

Johnny Herbert was an occasional presence as one of the insiders in "Sky Race Control" during practices, qualifying sessions, and races alongside Anthony Davidson, Damon Hill, Nico Rosberg, and Paul Di Resta.

In 2013 and 2014, Johnny Herbert mentored six contestants in a primetime ITV4 reality series, with the aim of taking players of the Gran Turismo videogames to the Dubai 24 Hour race as real drivers.