One of the things that comes up is a little record I am very proud of that there are only four people in the world, to my knowledge, who have taken part in the Olympics and in a World Championship Grand Prix event. One of the others was Alphonso de Portago, and it’s a record, which I don’t think will be equaled. I competed for the British team in the bobsleigh in the Olympics in 1964 and 1968. I have…

Widdows qualified the Cooper-BRM 18th for the 1968 British Grand Prix, but retired with ignition problems on lap 34.
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