GP Racing - UK (2020-04)

Patrick Tambay (left) and Nigel

Mansell chill out before the start

of the 1986 British GP. It’s hard

to imagine two drivers sitting

like that before the start of a race

today, and if they did they would

be surrounded by media before

their backsides hit the grass...

For over 35 years Brian Jones

simplywas ‘the voice of Brands

Hatch’ – for a grand prix or the

humble club race. Here Brian

interviews Ayrton Senna after

the Brazilian had followed

Nigel Mansell home in the 1985

European Grand Prix

The circuit, in all its glory, in the

build-up to the 1985Euro pean

Grand Prix. This aerial shot

highlights the main problem that

Brands Hatch had as a GP venue,

compared with Silverstone, the

inability to expand because of the

houses in the top right of the picture

GP RACING APRIL 2020 93

Patrick Tambay (left) and Nigel
Mansell chill out before the start
of the 1986 British GP. It’s hard
to imagine two drivers sitting
like that before the start of a race
today, and if they did they would
be surrounded by media before
their backsides hit the grass...

For over 35 years Brian Jones

simplywas ‘the voice of Brands

Hatch’ – for a grand prix or the

humble club race. Here Brian

interviews Ayrton Senna after

the Brazilian had followed

Nigel Mansell home in the 1985

European Grand Prix

The circuit, in all its glory, in the

build-up to the 1985Euro pean

Grand Prix. This aerial shot

highlights the main problem that

Brands Hatch had as a GP venue,

compared with Silverstone, the

inability to expand because of the

houses in the top right of the picture

GP RACING APRIL 2020 93