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There is nothing easy about becoming a Formula 1 driver. Most of the top drivers had put everything on the line in order to raise the money needed to succeed. In this episode, we take a second glance at one driver who had an interesting way of funding his racing career. 

Editor’s Note: I hope you enjoy this new podcast from TPF which takes a second glance at the history of motorsport. It has its own RSS feed on iTunes or you can listen on the Podbean player below. Let us know if you like the format and content.In the early 1940’s, the British government made a big decision. A decision that would find a young man named George flying at night, by moonlight, to engage in clandestine operations by landing in fields in France. Geroge was a Moon Squadron pilot.Tony was a Spitfire flying ace and he too joined the battle over Europe but like George, he loved racing cars. The two of them would be intertwined by fate, history and a love of racing. So much so that they would be instrumental in creating something spectacular that continues to this very day.

In 1994, Damon Hill had an altercation with German driver Michael Schumacher. It would create a decades-long animus Hill had for Schumacher. Damon rarely spoke well of Michael and as time marched on, media, press coverage and stories in books claimed that one of the great rivalries in Formula 1 was between Hill and Schumacher. As we take a second glance, this wasn't the case at all. Schumacher wasn't Damon's biggest rival.