MIKE RUTHERFORD

"NOBODY DESIGNS, BUILDS AND SELLS REAL-WORLD, VALUEFOR-MONEY CARS LIKE DENIS LE VOT, WHO DESERVES HIS INDUCTION INTO THE MOTORING HALL OF FAME"

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I DON'T often get to hang out with special people who are among the best in the world at what they do. But occasionally, I've had the privilege of sitting and learning alongside former Jaguar design god Ian Callum and other legendary designers, including Frank Stephenson, in their studios.

The greatest-ever Formula One commentators -Murray Walker and Martin Brundle - welcomed me into their homes. Closely working with legendary broadcasters Sir Michael Parkinson and Andrew Neil on LBC radio changed my life - not least because they helped me secure my motoring show on the station.

I've been driven by Stirling Moss, Brundle, Sebastien Loeb and Colin McRae. Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher also selflessly allowed me into their garages on days they won Formula One races.