WIPPERMAN

In the 7969 Grand Prix, driving a McLaren M78, I made a lousy start and Mario Andretti and Jean-Pierre Beltoise passed me before the first corner After VVipperman comes a long right-hand corner over a crest taken at about 700mph where Andretti slid off the road, took off two wheels on a fence, one of which I hit before somersaulting over a hedgerow and landing upside down in the trees. I had a broken nose and smashed shoulder but it didn’t diminish my love for the ‘Ring.