Johnny Herbert switches to driving Honda Civics in the UK
Most F1 drivers fall off the map once they leave the pinnacle of motorsports, but they have to go somewhere. In Johnny Herbert's case, that somewhere has been sportscar racing. The former Grand Prix and Le Mans winner retired from Formula One in 2000 after driving for such teams as Benetton, Lotus, Sauber and Jaguar. He's since raced for Aston Martin and Audi at Le Mans and in the American Le Mans Series, but after the Speedcar Series that he won last year shut down, the accomplished pilot was left without a ride.According to sources, Herbert will shortly announce his move to the British Touring Car Championship with Team Dynamics, the outfit that won the series titles in 2005 and 2006. Johnny showed up at Goodwood this year to drive up the hill in one of the team's Honda Civic touring cars (pictured at right), fueling speculation of his selection to replace James Thompson, who is increasing his activities in the World Touring Car Championship as well as Denmark's and the V8 Supercars series in Australia. Herbert could be in Thompson's seat as early as the Silverstone BTCC race later this month in advance of a full-time drive for next season.
[Source: GrandPrix.com | Image: Team Dynamics via Facebook]
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andyb 6:56PM (8/14/2009)
This was confirmed yesterday
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DiRF 7:46PM (8/14/2009)
Another notable ex-F1 driver who still competes in competitive motorsports is Mika Häkkinen... he still races a Mercedes in DTM, IIRC.
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andyb 8:06PM (8/14/2009)
Mika retired from DTM end of 2007
SumideXE 10:40PM (8/14/2009)
wait a minute.. racing honda civics? who races honda civics ( other than on the fast and the furious )
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Sam 12:39PM (8/15/2009)
He'll have bloody loads of fun doing it.
Lets hope his effort is better than Mansell's...
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