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The team whose face didn’t fit

HERE’S AN HONOUR: IN HIS foreword Bernie Ecclestone says the BRP team “pointed the way for Formula 1”. Quite a compliment from the man who created the modern sport. He’s well placed to comment – he and BRP creator Ken Gregory competed together in F3 in 1951 – and adds that driver management was something else Gregory paved the way for by taking on Stirling Moss.

It’s the thread that stitches this enjoyable book together – Gregory’s vision not only in creating this ambitious team but its presentation. One photo colourfully sums that up:

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