We are used to great champions who have retired but are still recognised wherever they go. Sometimes it doesn’t happen, however. [Row][Column] For example a few years ago my partner Jane and I had reason to be in Modena which meant, of course, we covered all the usual haunts. We bumped into the late Jean […]
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One of the very special highlights of the Grand Prix Drivers Club general assembly held in Stuttgart came on the second day when the members were taken to one of a number of venues around Stuttgart where Mercedes store their enormous collection of historic cars that are not on public display. It is said they […]
Over the weekend of May 28-31 the Grand Prix Drivers Club held their General Assembly meeting in the Mercedez-Benz Museum in Stuttgart with the re-election of Howden Ganley as President of the Club and Emanuele Pirro and Teddy Pilette as Vice-Presidents. [Row][Column] Apart from the Assembly itself various visits were organised including both the Porsche […]
The late Jean Sage left a bequest to the Grand Prix Drivers Club for an award to be given to people who have made an exceptional contribution to the Grand Prix Drivers Club. [Row][Column] This year the award took place, appropriately, at the Monaco Grand Prix when the award was given to Monisha Kaltenborn, team […]
In recent months books by two of our Club members have been reviewed by Mark Holman in the New Zealand magazine Classic Driver. The Road To Monaco – My Life in Motor Racing By Howden Ganley  Published by Denley Publications.It is sold in NZ by the Bruce McLaren Trust .( david@bruce-mclaren.com) $99.99 NZ. In the […]
A few members tore themselves away from the build up to the Monaco Grand Prix to drive into the Var for an alfresco lunch held at the home of Teddy and Sandra Pilette. [Row][Column] Club President Howden Ganley and Secretary Theo Huschek were there along with Assistant Secretary Agnes de Laborderie Carlier who was taking […]