Tony Brooks

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Tony Brooks on Stirling Moss: We were the happiest Formula 1 team ever

I suppose I first met Stirling at Goodwood in the 1950s, and I raced with or against him for seven years on and off. Although we were both forced to…

June 2020 Issue

By Tony Brooks

The first all-British F1 victory: Tony Brooks on his shared 1957 British GP win with Stirling Moss and Vanwall - Left

The first all-British F1 victory: Tony Brooks on his shared 1957 British GP win with Stirling Moss and Vanwall - Right

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The first all-British F1 victory: Tony Brooks on his shared 1957 British GP win with Stirling Moss and Vanwall

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…

September 2007 Issue

By Tony Brooks

My Greatest Race: Tony Brooks, 1958 German Grand Prix

German Grand Prix, August 3rd 1958 As I drove through the Eifel Mountains towards the Nurburgring for the first time and the rather forbidding castle suddenly came into view, shrouded…

January 1999 Issue

By Tony Brooks