GP Racing - UK (2020-04)

Emotions ran high when it

was announced that the British

GP would nolonger alternate

between Silverstone and

Brands. Sadly, for supporters

of Brands at the 1986 race, this

banner had no effect and itwas

to be the last F1 race held there

Brandswasapopularvenueinits

F1heydayandnotjustforworld

championshipraces.Here,atthe

1981Lotusday,theorganisation’s

founderandTeamLotussupremo

ColinChapmanstandsattheheadof

agridofhisF1cars,withafewroad

carsthrowninforgoodmeasure

Mayhemat the start of thelast

GP at Brands in1986. Thierry

Boutsenlost control ofhis USF&G-

sponsored Arrows andStefan

Johansson (Ferrari), in trying to

avoid him, collected the Ligier of

Jacques Laffite. Laffite was trapped

in his car for over half an hour,

where hewas aided by recently

qualified doctorJonathan Palmer,

driver of the damaged Zakspeed

(14) behind Boutsen’s car.The shunt

sadly endedLaffite’s career, but

meant Williamscould set up the

spare carfor Nigel Mansell, afte r

the differential hadblown inhis

FW11.‘OurNige’ wenton to win

In the paddockfor the 1966 ra ce

the J.A. Pearce EngineeringCooper

T73-Ferrari, to bedriven by Chris

Lawrence, caughtfire. Luckily, with

enoughextinguisherson hand the

car wasn’t damaged beyondrepair.

Lawrencetook the start and went

on to finish11th , three laps down

Emotions ran high when it
was announced that the British
GP would nolonger alternate
between Silverstone and
Brands. Sadly, for supporters
of Brands at the 1986 race, this
banner had no effect and itwas
to be the last F1 race held there

Brandswasapopularvenueinits

F1heydayandnotjustforworld

championshipraces.Here,atthe

1981Lotusday,theorganisation’s

founderandTeamLotussupremo

ColinChapmanstandsattheheadof

agridofhisF1cars,withafewroad

carsthrowninforgoodmeasure

Mayhemat the start of thelast

GP at Brands in1986. Thierry

Boutsenlost control ofhis USF&G-

sponsored Arrows andStefan

Johansson (Ferrari), in trying to

avoid him, collected the Ligier of

Jacques Laffite. Laffite was trapped

in his car for over half an hour,

where hewas aided by recently

qualified doctorJonathan Palmer,

driver of the damaged Zakspeed

(14) behind Boutsen’s car.The shunt

sadly endedLaffite’s career, but

meant Williamscould set up the

spare carfor Nigel Mansell, afte r

the differential hadblown inhis

FW11.‘OurNige’ wenton to win

In the paddockfor the 1966 ra ce

the J.A. Pearce EngineeringCooper

T73-Ferrari, to bedriven by Chris

Lawrence, caughtfire. Luckily, with

enoughextinguisherson hand the

car wasn’t damaged beyondrepair.

Lawrencetook the start and went

on to finish11th , three laps down