F1 hero switched to pre-race fry-ups after trying muesli with Michael Schumacher

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    British former F1 driver Johnny Herbert says he used to have a greasy fry up before races back in the day.

    The 59-year-old, who raced on the circuit for over a decade, claims he always felt "empty" before a Grand Prix, so it didn't really matter what he shoved into his gob beforehand. Speaking on the Lift the Lid podcast, Herbert claims he was pushed down the full English route after taking a dislike to Michael Schumacher's pre-race ritual of boring old muesli.

    "In the mornings I always struggled to have the right ingredients to give me the energy I needed. I always felt empty. I never felt like I had a stomach that was happy," he revealed.

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    "One thing I did later on was have a steak before a race. That sort of helped actually. A proper steak, shipped in from Japan. And what I did later towards the end of my career was have a good fry up. It just had a bit of a lining that made me feel better. I didn't do it half an hour before the race, it was earlier in the morning.

    He added: "Michael [Schumacher] did all that muesli stuff. I couldn't do it. I didn't work for me." When pushed on the contents of his fry-up, Herbert said: "Mushrooms, beans, sausage, bacon, egg – not black pudding, and I didn't do toast either."

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    Herbert, who is now a pundit for Sky Sports, raced for seven different teams during his F1 career, but only managed three wins and seven podium finishes. He was Schumacher's team-mate when the duo were driving for Benetton in 1995, and watched on as the German maestro claimed his second of what would be a record seven world championships.

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    1995 wasn't a bad year for Herbert either, with the Essex-born racer securing a fourth-place finish, the best of his career. Though arguably his greatest achievement behind the wheel was winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1991, just three years after suffering a career-threatening injury which nearly resulted in one of his legs being amputated.

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