The first time I recall sitting in a racing car was as a child at the BRM works at Bourne, England, this would be in the late 1970s. It was one of the then-current F1 cars, the Rotary Watches Stanley BRM P207. This would be toward the end of the life of the team. The opportunity arose because my father, Rick Hall, worked at BRM as an engineer. I remember meeting the drivers of the day too, Larry Perkins and…

Rob Hall at the wheel of the Equipe Talbot Gitanes Ligier JS17-Matra, savoring its V12 power plant.
Photo: Peter Collins