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Key facts
- Born
- John Paul Herbert , ( 1964-06-25 ) 25 June 1964 (age 61) , Brentwood, Essex , England
- Spouse
- Rebecca Cross ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 )
- Nationality
- British
- Active years
- 1989 – 2000
- Teams
- Benetton , Tyrrell , Lotus , Ligier , Sauber , Stewart , Jaguar
- Entries
- 165 (160 starts)
- First entry
- 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix
- First win
- 1995 British Grand Prix
- Last win
- 1999 European Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
- Participating years span years
- 1990 – 1992 , 2001 – 2004 , 2007
- Best finish
- 1st ( 1991 )
- Class wins
- 1 ( 1991 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johnny
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Brentwood
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
- Image
- Johnny Herbert at Goodwood 2014 002.jpg
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- Commons category
- Johnny Herbert
- date of birth
- 1964-06-25
- Commons gallery
- Johnny Herbert
- number of wins
- 3
- points for
- 98
- handedness
- left-handedness
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 7
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 165
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Encyclopedic overview
John Paul Herbert (born 25 June 1964) is a British former racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1989 to 2000. Herbert won three Formula One Grands Prix across twelve seasons. In endurance racing, Herbert won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 with Mazda, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2002 with Audi.
Herbert competed in Formula One for Benetton, Tyrrell, Lotus, Ligier, Sauber, Stewart and Jaguar. He finished fourth in the 1995 World Championship with Benetton. Upon his retirement from motor racing, Herbert worked as a pundit for Sky Sports F1 from 2012 until 2022.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Johnny Herbert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.