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**hexniks** · 08-08-2009, 01:48 AM

The "Monza Gorilla", Vittorio Brambilla was going on 37 when he debuted in 1974 at Kyalami driving the Beta Utensilli March741 - Cosworth DFV 8.

Raced his final grand prix for Alfa Romeo in 1980 in Italy but at Imola - ought to have been Monza.

More recent examples of late debuts that spring to mind are Damon Hill & Allan McNish, both started thier first full season of F1 at the age of 32, indeed, when Hill was Senna's team mate in 1994, Senna has already completed 10 full seasons of racing whilst Damon had just done 1 full season, despite Senna only being 6 months older than Hill.

Damon has always stressed that the age difference between himself and Schumacher was significant enough to influence performance and I can see Hill's point as the Hill / Schumacher wars of '94 to '96 were contested when Damon was between 33 and 36 years old whereas Schumacher was only between 25 and 27 years old in this period. Schumacher would win his last championship when he was 35, a year younger than when Hill clinched his championship.

08-08-2009, 01:48 AM	#17
hexniks Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 581 Senior Member	The "Monza Gorilla", Vittorio Brambilla was going on 37 when he debuted in 1974 at Kyalami driving the Beta Utensilli March741 - Cosworth DFV 8. Raced his final grand prix for Alfa Romeo in 1980 in Italy but at Imola - ought to have been Monza. More recent examples of late debuts that spring to mind are Damon Hill & Allan McNish, both started thier first full season of F1 at the age of 32, indeed, when Hill was Senna's team mate in 1994, Senna has already completed 10 full seasons of racing whilst Damon had just done 1 full season, despite Senna only being 6 months older than Hill. Damon has always stressed that the age difference between himself and Schumacher was significant enough to influence performance and I can see Hill's point as the Hill / Schumacher wars of '94 to '96 were contested when Damon was between 33 and 36 years old whereas Schumacher was only between 25 and 27 years old in this period. Schumacher would win his last championship when he was 35, a year younger than when Hill clinched his championship.
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