Bette Hill

By F1 GPDCDecember 12, 2017September 11, 2018 News Bette Hill, Colin Chapman, Damon Hill, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Lotus Leave a comment

Bette Hill, widow of our former Grand Prix Drivers Club member and double World Champion Graham Hill, died on December 8 2017. Bette was the real power behind Graham, who helped and encouraged him, bore him three children and survived the tragic aftermath of Graham’s death. She first met Graham when the mere thought of…

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Jackie Stewart from Fifty Years Ago

By F1 GPDCOctober 2, 2017October 2, 2017 Members' Articles 1964, British Grand Prix, Jackie Stewart Leave a comment

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…

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GPDC at Monterey

By F1 GPDCAugust 26, 2017September 11, 2018 Articles, News howden ganley, Jackie Stewart, Monterey Leave a comment

The annual Monterey historic weekend is one that has to be seen to be believed. There is something for everyone what with the various Concours d’Elegance events, the races at Laguna Seca and of course the auctions which this year saw total sales of over $200 million with some great cars on sale including the…

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Claude’s Early Days

By F1 GPDCApril 2, 2017 Hide from News, Members' Articles Claude le Guezec, Ferrari, Jackie Stewart, Ken Tyrell, Marius Heyman, Matra Leave a comment

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…

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Jackie on Formula 1 and Rolex

By F1 GPDCApril 13, 2016May 1, 2016 News 2016 F1 Season, autosprint, Jackie Stewart, Rolex Leave a comment

Italian journalist Cesare Mannucci of Autosprint magazine managed to tie down Club member Sir Jackie Stewart after the Australian Grand Prix and quizzed him on his views about the current drivers in Formula 1 drivers today and his remarkably long term link with Rolex. The article as published in Autosprint, and with their permission, is…

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The Jean Sage Memorial Award 2015

By F1 GPDCMay 29, 2015August 3, 2015 News f1gpdc, Jackie Stewart, Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber

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…

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Jackie Drives Clark’s Lotus

By F1 GPDCMay 14, 2015August 3, 2015 News Allan McNish, Duns, f1gpdc, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark

Recently Historic Club Lotus held an event in the little town of Duns in the Scottish Borders, this year celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Jim Clark’s finest racing season, 1965, when he won the European Formula 2 Championship, the Formula 1 World Championship (his second) and the Indianapolis 500. [Row][Column] It was appropriate therefore that…

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