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Category: Obituaries

Obituaries

A happy Robin Herd (centre) with Brian Henton and Brian Hart at Misano Formula 2.

Robin Herd

By F1 GPDCJune 8, 2019August 27, 2021 Categories: News, Obituaries Leave a comment

The death of Robin Herd two days ago (June 6) was a sad moment for all those who worked with…

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Daniele Audetto with Niki Lauda

Daniele Audetto on Niki Lauda

By F1 GPDCMay 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Categories: News, Obituaries Leave a comment

Daniele Audetto was team manager of Ferrari on the day Niki Lauda had his terrible accident at the Nurburgring and…

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Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda Dies

By F1 GPDCMay 21, 2019August 27, 2021 Categories: News, Obituaries Leave a comment

When Niki Lauda was recently given a lung transplant we all hoped that we would soon see him out and about…

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Grand Duke of Luxembourg

The Late Grand Duke of Luxembourg

By F1 GPDCApril 23, 2019September 2, 2021 Categories: News, Obituaries Leave a comment

The Grand Prix Drivers Club lost one of the members of its Comite d’Honneur with the passing of Jean, Grand…

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Jim Russell with his Cooper 500, Aintree 1955.

The Late Jim Russell

By Graham GauldApril 6, 2019April 24, 2019 Categories: News, Obituaries Leave a comment

On Saturday March 30 Jim Russell died at the age of 98 – he would have been 99 next month…

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Sergio Marchionne, right, with Ferrari Team manager Maurizio Arrivabene (Grand Prix Photo Peter Nygaard)

Sergio Marchionne

By F1 GPDCJuly 26, 2018August 9, 2018 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: Ferrari, Fiat, Sergio Marchionne Leave a comment

Not so long ago Sergio Marchionne was forever in the motor racing news with his comments about Ferrari, its performance…

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John Miles June 14 1943-April 8 2018

By F1 GPDCApril 9, 2018September 11, 2018 Categories: News, Obituaries Leave a comment

John Miles, who died at the age of 74 on Sunday, was sadly one of the more forgotten racing drivers…

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Dan Gurney

Farewell Dan

By F1 GPDCJanuary 15, 2018January 28, 2018 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: Dan Gurney Leave a comment

The passing of Dan Gurney at the age of 86 marks a sad day for motor racing and for the…

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Tim Parnell 25 June 1932 – 5 April 2017

By F1 GPDCApril 6, 2017April 14, 2017 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: Tim Parnell Leave a comment

To those of us who knew Tim Parnell over the years this tall, bluff, Derbyshire driver with the sometimes oblique…

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John at the wheel of a his Ferrari 158-63 grand prix car

John Surtees ( CBE. OBE. MBE.) 11 February 1934 – 10 March 2017

By F1 GPDCMarch 11, 2017September 11, 2018 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: Cooper, F1, Ferrari, Goodwood, John Surtees, Maranello Leave a comment

 John Surtees, 1964 World Formula 1 Champion, died on Friday, March 10, in St Georges Hospital in London. He had…

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Remembering Chris

By F1 GPDCAugust 4, 2016September 11, 2018 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: Chris Amon Leave a comment

Club President Howden Ganley, a fellow New Zealander writes about Chris Amon: “I first became aware of Chris Amon when…

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Chris Amon July 20 1943 – August 3 2016

By Graham GauldAugust 3, 2016September 11, 2018 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: Chris Amon Leave a comment

Chris Amon, who started his Grand Prix racing career driving a Lola Climax for Reg Parnell in 1963, died this…

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Michael MacDowel

Michael MacDowel 13 September 1932 – 18 January 2016

By F1 GPDCJanuary 20, 2016January 21, 2016 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: Brabham, Michel McDowel Leave a comment

The last six months have been saddened by the loss of a number of our members and on Monday January…

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Maria-Teresa de Filippis 11/11/26 – 09 /01/2016

By F1 GPDCJanuary 10, 2016February 5, 2016 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: Marie-Teresa de Filippis Leave a comment

A Message from Theo Huscheck Dear  all Thank you all for your nice thoughts and your support in these difficult…

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Peter Westbury

Peter Westbury 26 January 1938 – 07 December 2015

By F1 GPDCDecember 9, 2015December 15, 2015 Categories: News, Obituaries

We lost another good friend of the club on Monday December 7 with the passing of Peter Westbury at his home in Tobago. He and his wife Jenny were regular visitors to Club events despite living on the other side of the World.

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