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    DEREK BELL

    Oct 26, 2022 3 minutes

    ell, I am nothing if not inconsistent. I remember a while ago saying that I probably wouldn’t race again. I think reaching 80 had something to do with it, but, perhaps more than anything else, I wasn’t sure I wanted to take risks just for a jolly. But then the Goodwood Revival Meeting came around and I was offered a last-minute drive in Carlos Monteverde’s Ferrari 750 Monza. Gary Pearson was preparing the car and he would also be my wingman. I’d made a pact with myself

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