Former grand prix drivers Eddie Cheever, Mark Blundell and Stefan Johansson made their Spa 24 Hours debuts last weekend. AUTOSPORT caught up with the ex-F1 racers to reflect on their best Spa memories

Eddie Cheever

Cheever's last race at Spa was in the 1989 Belgian Grand Prix and he has happy memories of the place - two of his nine F1 podiums came at Spa.

"I had a really good race here in the Renault in 1983," recalls the 52-year-old. "One of the qualifying sessions was wet and my car was exceptional. I was very frustrated from the day before because I'd made one mistake in one corner. My team-mate was Alain Prost and if you made one mistake you were going to get pinned to the wall.

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