We had ended the 1988 season tied with Williams and Arrows in fifth place, Ivan seventh in the drivers’ championship. For a little team, it was a phenomenal result and one that launched my name in Formula One. I’d had success in America, but up until then I’d been unknown in the UK. Now I was the hot new kid on the block and in demand for magazine and newspaper interviews – very flattering, of course; we all have egos.
