The Young Drivers: No.3 - Dario Franchitti
As the 2008 Autosport Awards gets ever closer, autosport.com is counting down the top ten McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winners, reliving the success of their winning year and looking at what they've gone on to achieve since
Where were they then?
No matter how successful a driver's career is, and how many accolades, awards and titles they pick up along the way, they all started somewhere - they all remember a time when they were desperately trying to make it, not knowing whether they'd be one of the lucky few who do.
Dario Franchitti had been nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1990 and had experienced what it's like to be in contention for such a career-changing prize, only to be left disappointed at the end of the night.
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