By the nature of its brief, this column is usually written in the third person. Only where they added substance to text had personal references previously been included, and then only to underscore a particular point.
However, this edition breaks with tradition, for good reason: Silverstone marked my 250th grand prix, and it proved fascinating to compare the different eras then (1997) and now.
Eighteen years separate my first, nervous swipe of a media paddock pass at the 'stiles and my departure from this year's British GP on Sunday evening.