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Ten great grand prix debuts

Twenty years after Michael Schumacher stunned F1 with his raw debut pace, Edd Straw takes a look through the history of the sport to pull out his ten best grand entrances by drivers on to the biggest stage of all

This weekend's Belgian Grand Prix marks the 20th anniversary of Michael Schumacher's sensational Formula 1 debut.

The then-Mercedes Group C driver qualified seventh for Jordan, with his race lasting only a few hundred metres before a clutch failure.

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