Great Read: Lunch with... Alex Wurz

Benetton years & Le Mans success | View in browser FROM OUR ARCHIVE, MARCH 2011 | SIMON TAYLOR Great Read:  Lunch with... Alex Wurz "I'll give you an F1 test if you win Le Mans" - It was a throwaway promise from Flavio Briatore but an unexpected victory for Alex Wurz got him his F1 break. Today's Great Read features him speaking to Simon Taylor in 2011 while still racing for Peugeot and chasing another Le Mans win Alex Wurz's F1 debut was very nearly like a Hollywood movie. On a Wednesday afternoon in 1997 a phone call from Benetton, for whom he'd been doing some testing, told him that regular driver Gerhard Berger was ill. A frantic transatlantic flight deposited him at a circuit he'd never seen in time for practice for the Canadian Grand Prix READ MORE ADVERTISEMENT Superb selection of classics heading to Race Retro with Silverstone Auctions Featuring the late Colin McRae's rally-winning Ford Escort Mk2, a magnificent collection of Lotus Elans, a Ford GT, a Ferrari 512 TR, an Opel Manta rally car and a Goodwood eligible Ford Capri Mk2. These are just a few of the cars crossing the block at the Silverstone Auctions first sale of 2023 - Race Retro, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Competition Car Sale - Friday 24th at 2pm. Saturday 25th - Automobilia at 10am and Collectors' Cars from 2pm. Viewing is available daily from 9am. All consigned lots can be viewed by clicking below. VIEW LOTS SHOP PROMOTION Bestsellers: Motor Sport shop ERA | J. Mac Hulbert | Hardback Nigel Mansell signed | Taxi for Senna | 1991 British GP | XL print McLaren Papaya - Bruce McLaren Special - Spa-Francorchamps Circuit - 1968 | Limited Edition Bernd Rosemeyer / Auto Union C Type / Martin Tomlinson / Limited Edition Print James Hunt | Hesketh 308B |1975 | Signed by Lord Hesketh Tony Brooks | Vanwall VW 5 | 1958 Belgian Grand Prix | Martin Tomlinson | Limited Edition Print Share this newsletter: Stay up to date  Update your preferences to select the content you wish to receive.   UPDATE NOW  Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy. Motor Sport magazine, 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE Company no. 05471049, Vat no. 871 544 60