TREMAYNE: ‘I really cried today’ – The day Schumacher soared at Spa and sealed the first of his 91 F1 wins

One year to the race after he had astonished the F1 fraternity in qualifying, only to burn his Jordan’s clutch out at the start, Michael Schumacher set himself on his record-smashing road at Spa-Francorchamps by becoming the first German driver since Jochen Mass back in 1975 to win a Grand Prix.

What history doesn’t often recall is that, with only slightly better fortune, it could have been his Benetton team mate Martin Brundle who was being congratulated for breaking his duck.