Brian Redman

In 1968, before I signed a contract as a Porsche factory driver, I was driving with Jacky Ickx at Brands Hatch in the six-hour race. I was just about to get in John Wyer’s Gulf Ford GT40 for my first stint, it was raining, and I was feeling nervous. A journalist made his way up to me and said, “Heard about Jimmy, mate? Killed at Hockenheim.” The great Jim Clark had been killed.

When my turn to drive came, I had to put everything out of my mind and focus on racing. Jacky and I won the