Obituary – John Etheridge

Race engineer and GT40 expert John Etheridge has died aged 73. A vital part of Aston Martin’s race crew with DP212 and 214, he was head-hunted by John Wyer to build and run GT40s at FAV, and was much valued by Wyer. In 1968 he set up his own firm, rebuilding and race-preparing Astons and GT40s, including the prototype, and also building the ‘run on’ Safir GT40s.