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Chris Parry – Firestone’s Man in Europe

Graham Hill, Colin Chapman, the Lotus 49 and the flat Firestones

There are times when watching today’s grand prix racing the whole subject of tyres and which ones to use becomes mind-boggling. We could be nostalgic and think back to the 1950s with skinny tyres, Ferrari using Belgian Engleberts, Alfa Romeo with Pirellis and the Brits with Dunlops. It was totally uncomplicated, unlike today, and when […]