When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that it was time to build a single-seater chassis for myself. It was at the same time I had decided to leave my £18-a-week job at Rotax and set up my own tuning shop, Lawrence Tune. The previous season, 1959, in racing terms had seen my winning the Freddie Dixon Trophy, the British Automobile Racing Club’s (B.A.R.C.) national drivers’ award for…
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