Anthony Drevet: “I never thought I would be a commentator one day… I wanted to be a pilot!”

Hello Anthony. Thank you for taking us for a ride in this sublime Clio. Williams ! You insisted on doing this Carpooling on board this car. Why?

The Williams has always made me dream. My father has always had Clios and I currently drive the one that belonged to him in the past. I have this affinity with this car, because I discovered with him the F1 at the time when Williams-Renault won all the titles! I find this link between the Renault Clio, my family and the sporty side of the Williams. I had never been able to take it in hand before today, so it's a dream come true! It has just celebrated its 30th birthday. The sensations are incredible: it is not sanitized like in modern cars and I like it.

So this Clio Williams evokes your first memories of motorsport?

The first memory I have is a green car at Spa in 1991, with the 7Up sponsor on it… and it was Michael Schumacher. However, he had not done many laps that day (0. Ed.) My second memory is again Schumacher, at Spa, the following year. He was driving the yellow Benetton, my favourite colour. And facing him were the Williams: it was the emblematic duel of that era.

Schumi is your first idol?

I would even say that it is the only one, he accompanied me throughout my youth. I started watching F1 when he arrived. It is quite crazy to draw a parallel, but I watched F1 carefully from 1991 to 2006. From his first title with Benetton (1994. Ed.) at the height Ferrari, I experienced this rise with him. Afterwards, I went to preparatory class in 2006 and no longer had much time to follow the championship. And as luck would have it, that was the moment when he announced his retirement. Between F1, Schumi and myself, there was a close relationship.

Is it this passion that gave you env