He was a British F3 champion. He impressed Lotus, then turned them down. No matter, Ron Dennis was a big fan of his. Yep, the future was looking bright for Stephen South. So how did it all go wrong? On his 71st birthday, today's Great Read looks at a career that promised much more.
As a teenager, I was always keen to see talented young Brits make progress. When Geoff Lees, Tiff Needell, Derek Warwick and Nigel Mansell reached the fringes of GP racing, I was cheering them on.
One man I particularly admired was Stephen South. But unlike his contemporaries, South never actually raced a GP car. Indeed, the record books show that he made one fruitless attempt to qualify a McLaren at Long Beach in 1980. But that harsh statistic does little justice to a talented driver who, had fate dealt him a different hand, should have gone all the way.
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