Total 911

Vic Elford

During my career, there were several drivers I respected and admired, including the late Pedro Rodriguez. I admired him the most and got on very well with him. He was a marvellous driver in the rain, and many drivers respected him. He was very quick, and bloody difficult to overtake (although I managed it a few times). Above all though, he was absolutely, totally fair.

I drove around the outside of him in Buenos Aires in a long 180-degree corner. We were both coming out of it together at about 150mph. He could easily have put me off the road, but he didn’t. Pedro left me just

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