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    DOUG NYE

    Jun 23, 2021 3 minutes

    SADLY, THE EARLY DEATH OF Mansour Ojjeh, on June 6, was not unexpected but he will be sorely missed. This strikingly handsome Franco-Saudi had really been brought into the motor racing world by two intensely persuasive and magnetic Brits – Frank Williams and, perhaps more so, by Frank’s friend, supporter and sponsor-hunter, Charles Crichton-Stuart.

    Charlie was related to the Marquess of Bute. A young cousin would become the 7th Marquess, and a Le Mans winner – Johnny Dumfries. Charlie had joined the RAF, becoming a Vampire pilot, racing

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