They thought it's all over; it isn't now!:
with Murray Walker.
F1 Racing May 1998.

I got on the great white bird for my sixth gruelling long-haul flight in five weeks with a spring in my step and joy in my
heart - because Argentina put the zip back into Formula 1. McLaren richly deserved their stunning success in Australia and Brazil, but I have to tell you I wasn't looking forward to a repeat of their crushing 1998 domination - with the knockers and moaners whingeing on about how boring, processional and predictable grand prix racing is. I needn't have worried though because the great all-action race at Buenos Aires showed how astonishingly short life at the top in Formula 1 can be. So hats off to superstar Schumacher and everyone at Maranello for doing a fantastic job, and hats off even more to Goodyear for a massively successful contribution to Ferrari's victory. Eddie Irvine too. For the second year in succession he drove a race to be proud of in Argentina.

Imola should be sensational, with the whole of Italy justifiably on a high and hungry for more of the same. And they could well get it because, with their tails high, days of intensive testing behind them and the genius of Schumacher to exploit it, Ferrari will be in a very strong position to make it two in a row. And why should Spain be any different when you remember what a blinder Schumacher drove in the wet at Barcelona two years ago?

The glory of it all is that we just don't know what's going to happen, and that's the way it should be. But, for heaven's sake, let's hope Williams and Jordan can emulate Ferrari and Benetton by getting it all together to make it the five-way extravaganza we all long for.

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