Quick-fire round

Favourite non-sporting TV show as a child?
Flashing Blade, a French costume drama with fantastic music and blood and guts.

And now?
Have I Got News For You?

Most embarrassing moment as a broadcaster?
A nightmare at Radio Merseyside: I announced that Alan Hansen had been dropped by Scotland when he hadn't.

Best moment as a broadcaster?
The 1999 European Grand Prix. Whatever could happen, did happen. I predicted that Johnny Herbert, who had started in 14th, would win - and he did.

Most difficult interviewee?
Bernie Ecclestone. He talks in five-word sentences, so you need to have loads of questions lined up. It's a game to him. If he's had enough of your questions, he just says 'I've had enough now'.

Best racing drivers to interview?
Eddie Irvine is a challenge because he's quite unpredictable.

Your sporting hero?
Nikki Lauda, because he drove a Ferrari so well and because he was back in his car six weeks after stopping at the Pearly Gates with his crash in 1976.

Best grand prix ever?
Belgium in 1998 takes some topping. Michael Schumacher slammed into the back of David Coulthard in appalling conditions. Schumacher said to Coulthard, 'Were you trying to fucking kill me?' Damon Hill, who had done nothing with Arrows and had a nightmare start to 1998, came through to win. Unbelievable.

Has F1 become too predictable?
There needs to be more overtaking. Overtaking is the essence of motorsport. That's why everyone still talks about what Montoya and Coulthard did to Schumacher in Brazil last year.

Will Britain have a champion driver again?
I hope so. But Eddie Irvine's going to be 36, Coulthard's over 30 and there are still question marks over Jenson Button's future. Coulthard's still the best bet for a home win.

· Jonathan Legard is the BBC's motor racing correspondent