Overview
- F1 released a filmed champions’ conversation from July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed on its YouTube channel, featuring Alain Prost, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mika Hakkinen, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell and Jacques Villeneuve.
- Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion, was not included and replied to F1’s Instagram promotion with “Thanks for the invite,” a post that drew more than 28,000 likes.
- Jacques Villeneuve described Ayrton Senna’s 1994 death as a turning point that reshaped how drivers and fans viewed risk.
- Emerson Fittipaldi credited Jackie Stewart’s GPDA-era push for safety, and Stewart highlighted Sid Watkins and improved medical support as pivotal advances.
- Recollections also touched on Mika Hakkinen’s 1995 accident, recalled by former teammate Mark Blundell, and Mario Andretti pointed to ground‑effect aerodynamics as a revolution in car design.