LETTERS
Apr 28, 2021
5 minutes
REGARDING MY DRIVE AT THE 1971 RACE OF CHAMPIONS [LETTERS, MAY], HERE ARE the facts. Firstly, Emerson and myself were down to drive Lotus 72s but mine was not ready in time for most of practice so I started from the back of the grid with Ronnie Peterson, who also had problems. I asked Colin Chapman for advice regarding the start and he simply put his arm round me and said, “You’re driving it, boy, not me...”
I made one of the best starts ever from the inside of the rear row and while everyone else moved to the left for the approach to Paddock Bend, I stayed right and by the time I got to Druids I was in fifth place ahead of a lot of the
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