Happy birthday to the brilliant Brian Redman, a charming gent out of the car but a force to be reckoned with behind the wheel. A three-time F5000 champion, the Brit raced nearly every there was to race, but was extremely well regarded as an endurance ace, becoming synonymous with the Gulf colours of the Porsche 917K. He looks back on a thrilling career in today's Great Read
One evening, several years ago, and over a degustivo or two, Jenks was reminiscing about the Mille Miglia. "I've often thought," he said, "what fun it would have been to do it in a Porsche 917."
Driven by whom? I asked. Rodriguez? Siffert? "No, no," he replied. "Given a choice, I'd have chosen Brian Redman. He was as every bit as quick as they were, and far more intelligent. With Brian, there'd have been much more chance of getting to the finish…"
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