Motor Racing Mechanics

This photograph was taken in 1963 at the Dutch Grand Prix. Tony was then BRM’s

Chief Engineer and with him are some of the team’s mechanics. From the left, Denis

Perkins, Jimmy Collins, Willy Southcott, Len Reedman, Alan Challis and BRM’s

Chief Mechanic, Cyril Atkin.

Tony Rudd, on the far right, dedicated his biography to “Motor Racing Mechanics the World Over”.

He wrote: The ones he knew best were from the world of Formula 1 and they gave their best effort in preparing their cars for the race, despite knowing that perhaps they stood little chance of winning. They might well work a 20-hour day for at least 60 days of the year and, as one once told him, Drivers win races - we only loose them. There is little glamour attached to the job, one international airport looks just like all the others, but without them there would be no World Champions. Tony added, he was proud to have been one of their number.

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