Good driver, back in the day remember him well in F3 races with Coulthard & Barrichello
Particularly sad, but perhaps a relief for the family as he has been so poorly for so long with no sign of improvement. RIPDerek Draper 56 Kate Garraways husband from COVID complications.
No age at all! I met him when he was at BAR Honda and he was a very open and interesting man. He took me for a few laps of the old Silverstone circuit in an S2000. V quick but smooth and do those guys brake late, Bridge was especially scary as it was blind.Good driver, back in the day remember him well in F3 races with Coulthard & Barrichello
56 is no age - RIP
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I still wear adidas SL72 and double denim thanks to this show today.
When I did some driver training at Millbrook in my S2000 they wanted me to brake late - very scary, and I was the driver!and do those guys brake late,
The art of fast driving be as late on the brakes as possible and as early on the accelerator and in between keep it on the grey stuff. The Cat guys at Millbrook are pretty good one of my good friends is an instructor there so spent many an hour experimenting with braking pointsWhen I did some driver training at Millbrook in my S2000 they wanted me to brake late - very scary, and I was the driver!
I had the chance to go in a tandem single seater and recall at the end of a long straight into a tight right hander thinking my driver has passed out and I am going to die because we must have missed the braking point by at least 50m! Then he hit the brakes so hard my tears hit the visor and my internal organs tried to escape! In a microsecond we were back on full power! To do this with competitors cms apart in a race is incredible. TV really slows everything down sadly so we don't get close to the reality of how skilled these guys are.The art of fast driving be as late on the brakes as possible and as early on the accelerator and in between keep it on the grey stuff. The Cat guys at Millbrook are pretty good one of my good friends is an instructor there so spent many an hour experimenting with braking points
The Kaiser has passed. RIP. Legend.
In tribute I would quite like a Mitsubishi 3000GT Beckenbauer Edition.The Kaiser has passed. RIP. Legend.
Don’t have one of those Mr Busheys. But I will wear my Adidas Beckenbauer Allrounds in honour of the great man tomorrow.In tribute I would quite like a Mitsubishi 3000GT Beckenbauer Edition.
Whatever happened to your normal one, @dickygrace ?