Piers Courage, the first man to race for Frank Williams in F1, was born on this day in 1942. The Essex-native wasn't just another driver who died before his time. He was a genuinely good man too. Adam Cooper talks to his family in today's Great Read
Some-time, back in the early sixties, shortly after Piers Courage decided that motor racing was going to be his life, his father took him to one side and asked why he was so determined not to follow a conventional career. They were at Fitzwalters, the beloved family home where Piers grew up, set in attractive Essex countryside.
"I can still remember my father and brother standing there together," says second son Charlie Courage, pointing towards the hallway of the house where he still lives.
"My father asked Piers why he so wanted to go motor racing. 'Well Dad, you had the war,' he replied. I suppose it was all about the buzz it gave him…"
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