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55: Tony Brooks: “If you made a mistake in my day, you were in the lap of the gods…”
F1: Beyond The Grid
English - August 28, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsSports Leisure Automotive Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 54: SPECIAL EPISODE: Six of the best anecdotes from Season 2 so far!
He raced in an era of heroes; a time when cars had no seat belts, yet could still be raced at averages of 150mph. Many he raced against in the 1950s – the first decade of the world championship – perished in pursuit of speed, but Tony Brooks emerged unscathed with six Grand Prix victories, having come ever so close to winning the world title his talents surely deserved. This week on Beyond The Grid, we caught up with this giant of F1, now 87, to look back over his remarkable career, which saw him move from the world of dentistry to going toe-to-toe with the likes of Fangio and Moss, driving for Ferrari, mastering the treacherous Nurburgring and much more.