Quote Originally Posted by Stratos Fear View Post
Yes a great loss and a surprise - although must admit I haven't seen him in the Mercedes F1 pits for a while. Not sure what he died of - he was a youngster at 70!
he had a lung transplant last summer because of the after-effects of the smoke/petrol inhalation during his accident in the 70s. This now explains why he didn't repappear at Mercedes after the expected timescale.
I loved his determinedly non-corporate dress sense and straight talking. Top man in a sea of corporate line-toers.