Peter Westbury 26 January 1938 – 07 December 2015 By GPDCDecember 9, 2015December 15, 2015 Categories: News, Obituaries We lost another good friend of the club on Monday December 7 with the passing of Peter Westbury at his home in Tobago. He and his wife Jenny were regular visitors to Club events despite living on the other side of the World. TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
Guy Camille Ligier 12 July 1930 – 23 August 2015 By GPDCAugust 26, 2015September 13, 2015 Categories: Obituaries Tags: Ligier Leave a comment International motor racing and Formula 1 lost one of its greatest and enigmatic characters with the passing of Guy Ligier. If one wanted to write a Hollywood script about a racing driver who started out with nothing, went on to race in Formula 1 late in life and then to found and run his own grand prix team then the Ligier story would be easy to adapt for the screen. TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
Eric Thompson November 4 1919 – 23 August 2015 By GPDCAugust 26, 2015September 13, 2015 Categories: Obituaries Leave a comment There could be no better representative of the traditional “gentleman” driver than Eric Thompson who died last weekend at the… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
In Memory of Jean Pierre Beltoise By GPDCMarch 16, 2015August 9, 2018 Categories: Obituaries Tags: f1gpdc Jean-Pierre Beltoise died in Senegal on Monday 5th January 2015. A motor sport legend has left us at the age of 77. Everyone loved Jean-Pierre who dedicated part of his time to teaching road safety. He lost his first wife Eliane in a roadcar accident and later his brother Jean-Claude 500 meters from their family home. Everyone in the GPDC expresses their most sincere condolences to his family; to Jacqueline his dear blond wife and Anthony and Julien his sons and all his friends. TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
In Memory of Tony Crook By GPDCMarch 16, 2015August 9, 2018 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: f1gpdc, Tony Crook A year ago Tony Crook, who had only become a member in the past few years, died just three weeks… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
Robert Manzon 9 April 1917 – 19 January 2015 By GPDCJanuary 23, 2015December 1, 2015 Categories: Obituaries Tags: founder, Manzon Leave a comment It is always sad when a member of our club dies but on January 19 the club lost perhaps their… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
In Memory of Sir Jack Brabham By GPDCMay 20, 2014August 9, 2018 Categories: News, Obituaries Tags: f1gpdc Jack Brabham has died at the age of 88. He was a towering figure of his era, becoming a triple… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
