The late, great Tony Brooks died a year ago today. His first F1 win was a landmark moment: the first all-British Formula 1 victory, in the British GP. The win was shared by Stirling Moss and Brooks – the latter tells us about that race in today's Great Read
Those last 10 laps were exhausting. I was checking the rev counter, listening anxiously to the engine's note, changing gear with exaggerated care, braking a little earlier and giving the cars I was lapping a generous berth. The body aches after a tough grand prix but I was most conscious of my neck, not my Le Mans injuries, even though this was July 20, 1957, long before downforce and phenomenal cornering forces.
My car was leading the British Grand Prix and I was all but physically in the cockpit of the leading Vanwall with Stirling Moss in those closing laps – but frustratingly I was in the pits while he finished the job, my neck stiff with straining to view Vanwall No20 as it exited Aintree's Tatt's corner on each lap, flashed by the pits and disappeared into Waterway corner to the right. Two of the three Vanwalls had already retired; reliability was not the car's strong point at that stage of its development...
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