Sam Hancock’s
F1 experiences. Pt.2.
Making his Formula 3000 debut at Hockenheim, Brit Sam Hancock is certainly a driver on the move. Here's part two of Sam's driving exploits in rather famous Lotus F1 cars.
Here in part two Sam tells us about driving Ayrton Senna’s first Grand Prix winner around
Donington Park.
“That was amazing - one of the best bolts out of the blue that I’ve had. A lot of people in racing talk about luck but I work on the basis that you make your own luck, I’ve been working very hard for a very long time just to get to know as many people as I can in the whole sport and build up a bit of a reputation and it’s just one of those things – you get to know one person then you get to know another and if you’re lucky a good recommendation comes at the right time. I had a call from Clive Chapman saying they needed someone to do the drive at the
Ayrton Senna memorial and was I up for it - the most stupid question in the world!
Senna is quite a hero of Hancock’s, so what was it like the moment he actually lowered himself into the classic JPS liveried F1 car?
“Incredible, something akin to climbing between the sheets with a supermodel, it was just the most humbling but exciting experience at the same time because, it’s slighty corny, almost clichéd to say but Senna always has been a hero of mine since I read his biography at the age of about 12, and to get into that car which I’ve seen thousands of photos of and in videos and all that kind of thing over the years, to climb in and just recognise everything – nothing seemed very new because I’d seen that much imagery – I’ve been so into Senna for such a long time that it was awesome.
