News Details

A huge loss for Williams and British motorsport

Frank Williams and British motorsport mourned the loss on this day in 1970 of Piers Courage, tragically killed at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Sir Frank had graduated to Formula 1 in 1969, with an immaculately-prepared dark-blue Brabham BT26 and the talented Courage. One year later, Williams switched to a De Tomaso chassis built around the readily available Cosworth DFV. Often outpaced by the bulk of the field, it was a slow start for both car and driver in 1970. Courage did his best however to grab the machine by the scruff of its neck. The Brit qualified well at Spa but was sidelined early on by reliability issues. Alas, tragedy struck at the following race, the Dutch Grand Prix at...
Full Story »
5y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton 'heartbroken' by loss of bulldog Coco

A heartbroken Lewis Hamilton took to social media on Friday to mourn the...
5y ago from F1i.com

Hamilton launches commission to promote diversity in...

Lewis Hamilton has announced the launch of The Hamilton Commission, a...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Rebellion Williams wins virtual Le Mans

Rebellion Williams Esports won the first virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans on...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton launches commission to spur diversity in...

Lewis Hamilton is taking his activism in favour of diversity in...
5y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

What is custom motorcycle paint in the racing world?

Custom paintwork involves decorating vehicles. There is the Californian...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power compares ‘military-like’ Andretti to...

When Will Power signed a contract to join Andretti Global for the 2026...

Carb day concert line-up announced for Indy 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced which bands will be playing on...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'There's no star player' – Jamie Carragher warns...

Liverpool great Jamie Carragher has warned Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Episode 869 – The Box

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Report: Liverpool, Man Utd & Chelsea hold firm...

Liverpool, Manchester United, and Chelsea are reportedly all keeping a...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

It's non-stop, there's no escape

Morning all. Why does everything beep these days? You know the way there...
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.