“It hurts, doesn’t it?”

Martin Brundle had just retired from the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix (picture-above), he remembers: “This is a great picture taken by Charles Gauthier. My Benetton had just broken down in a race which looked certain to be my first F1 victory. Ayrton (Senna) had just stopped in the same place. He said to me “bad luck, it hurts doesn’t it?” It did.”

Indeed, Martin Brundle, who had qualified in 7th, drove an excellent race, and on lap 37 was third behind Berger (McLaren-Honda) and Patrese (Williams-Renault). A few laps later,  Patrese was out as his gearbox failed and now Brundle chased after Berger and set fastest lap but then was also forced to retire with transmission problems… Gerhard Berger won the race and Martin Brundle (picture-below), sadly, will never in 158 Grand Prix starts, succeed to win in F1.