For many years, it was thought that Richie Ginther—one of Formula One’s best known drivers of the 1960s—had, in his later life, become an angry and reclusive drunk. The classic, archetypal hero-to-zero tale. But Ginther was a thinker and an innovator that overcame much to reach the pinnacle of 1960s motorsport. In “Richie Ginther: Motor Racing’s Free Thinker” author Richard Jenkins  explores Ginther’s life in what is the first authorized biography and reveals that this diminutive Californian enjoyed astonishing triumphs in racing as a driver, a mechanic and as a team manager. His 59 years on the planet also saw…