Category Archives: Members’ Articles

Members’ Articles

Articles and stories about members of the F1 Grand Prix Drivers Club

Jackie Stewart from Fifty Years Ago

Jackie sitting in a Formula 1 car for the first time. Jim Clark gives him some advice before an impromptu run after practice during the British Grand Prix meeting 1964

Recently on Television Jackie Stewart was interviewed about the early days of his racing career and I was quite amazed at his comments. I later looked out a transcription of a taped chat I had with him in late January 1965 a few weeks after he had competed in his first ever Formula 1 race […]

Claude’s Early Days

The Grand Prix Drivers Club has always embraced a number of honorary members who, though not grand prix drivers, have been deeply involved in grand prix racing. For example the late Enzo Ferrari was an early honorary member and last year his son Piero Ferrari was made an honorary member. All of those members have […]

You Say Teega I say Tyga

Howden Ganley with Tim Schenken in the Tiga workshop

Grand Prix Drivers Club president Howden Ganley has a regular column in the American historic magazine “Vintage Racecar Journal” and we acknowledge this in order to publish what Howden wrote in his most recent column about the origins – and the pronunciation – of the racing car he and fellow member Tim Schenken were involved […]