Silverstone is celebrating 75 years since its first Grand Prix this weekend and today's Great Read takes us back to that moment, when a 24-year-old Murray Walker rekindled his love of motor racing — the first from a 2018 series marking seven decades of the circuit
"My most vivid memory is the fact the race was actually happening," says Murray. "Britain had come out of World War II late in 1945 and, in racing terms, it took much longer to get going again than the continentals.
"I went in my mum's Morris Minor, with her knowledge and approval, and it took hours to get in, engaging the clutch, creeping forward 10 yards… I'm sure anyone who has ever attended a Grand Prix will be familiar with the age-old routine. When you finally got close and heard proper racing engines… after several years of a cataclysmic conflict it was magical to hear it again."
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