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    Tour of duty

    Nov 01, 2019 4 minutes
    RICARDO DIVILA

    One of my previous columns (April, V29N4) was about the fact that come hell or high water the cars and kit always arrive at the track, and I hinted that there were many more stories to be told. So here we go again with a story from the start of the 1972 racing season that even after all these years stands out in the memory.

    I had moved up to Formula 2 with a team for both Emerson and Wilson Fittipaldi and we had sourced our pristine white-painted Bedford Duple transporter from one B Ecclestone, who had a car dealership in London and was also then the new Brabham team owner. The

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