Barrie Gill

July 7, 2014

Widely known as a TV commentator, Barrie, who died in January at the age of 69, was also an innovator in the development of sponsorship in the world of motorsport.

As a television presenter he entertained millions of viewers, covering diverse branches of the sport from Formula One to rallying over several decades, but Gill also created the CSS marketing agency. Its early clients included James Hunt, and over more than 20 years the company grew into a market leader, both in terms of TV and printed media work.

Gill was also an author of many motorsport books, and had developed a strong reputation as a guest speaker at sponsorship and marketing forums. PL

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Paul Lawrence

Here is a man who goes racing every weekend from March to October. Paul’s passion for the sport goes back to when he was a child of the 1960s. He has organised, competed in and marshalled on scores of events, and has written about the subject for 20 years. He is as at home in the paddock at Brands Hatch as in a Welsh forest or at Shelsley Walsh.

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