I will always remember him for winning a wheel banging session around the hairpin at Monaco.

With a certain Mr Schumacher Snr.

You have to be a bit special for McLaren to do that.

Doubly so when at the time, the designer was none other than Adrian absolutely no aerodynamic compromise allowed, squeeze the lanky g** in Newey.

Clearly McLaren rated him really highly as in addition to paying him a load of money they had to build larger tubs to accomodate him. You have to be a bit special for McLaren to do that.

I would have thought that Wurz was absolutely the obvious choice for that job. He has bags of experience and is a very cool clear thinker so could handle anything that cropped up while he was on track.

Totally right, Steven. Wurz is a man who, despite having only raced for a few seasons is well-trusted in the paddock, well-respected and a man who has remained close to the sport and will hopeful continue so, way into the future. I can see Wurz becoming the Safety or Medical Car driver in the future, or some other important role that plays to his characteristics perfectly.

Even though he’s had no hugely mega results from racing in Formula One (ie. never won), he’s a legend in my book. The McLaren racing today is partly in thanks to him. I think he has his work cut out at Honda though – Wurz maybe a legend, but he’s no miracle-maker!