Formula One Features — February 1994

Johnny Herbert hasn't achieved a hell of a lot in his Grand Prix career - but no-one in Formula 1 has any doubt that the man from Romford has what it takes to be a Grand Prix winner. And that is Herbert's big problem. Everybody wants him. Two of the top Grand Prix teams - Williams and McLaren - have both shown interest in him but now he is stuck with a bulletproof contract with Team Lotus and team boss Peter Collins is not planning to let him walk away.

Patrick Head, Frank Williams's partner at Williams Grand Prix Engineering and the team's technical director, is not a man who likes the politics in F1. Patrick is a racer, a man who gets his satisfaction from beating his opposition on the race track, by designing a better car, finding a technological advantage and doing a better job.

At the Italian Grand Prix in Monza in 1992 Damon was at a low ebb. He had taken over Giovanna Amati's drive with the struggling Brabham team and had managed to qualify just twice before the team collapsed after the Hungarian Grand Prix. And so Damon went to Monza out of work, to look around and talk and see if he could sort something out for 1993. He didn't have any sponsorship money to promise and prospects did not look good.

This year Frank Williams and his Formula 1 team - Williams Grand Prix Engineering - are trying to win a third consecutive double World Championship victory - aiming for both the Formula 1 Drivers' and Constructors' titles to follow up those won in 1992 with Nigel Mansell and last year with Alain Prost.