John Corbett will be missed by the staff at New Zealand Classic Car as well as by the drivers and friends he raced against, most often in his beloved Lotus 7 S4, Lolita.
John passed away in the early hours of 1 January. I was his co-driver in the Targa New Zealand VCC Time Trial in his spectacularly beautiful 1964 Series 1 E-Type FHC, Emma (see 379, July 2022). We didn’t get close to winning thanks to my