The Things they Say . . .

“Drivers not in the leading Auto-Union were still free to fight with all and sundry—and were thoughtfully provided with a three-piece tool kit which they could hurl item by item at rivals who were baulking them. The cars rarely returned to the pits at the end of a race with the tool kit intact.”— Jerry Sloniger, writing in Motor about the pre-war days of Grand Prix racing when Hans Stuck drove for Auto-Union. If you believe that you will believe almost anything, including the advent of puncture-proof racing tyres!