Between a Ferrari and an Austin 7

[Steve Jones]

I'm reminded of a story told to me by a very good A7 friend, sadly no longer with us. He was involved with taking three Ferraris from South Yorkshire to Donington for a Ferrari Owners Club day. The 'prize' for all the FOC members taking their cars was to be driven round Donington, in their own Ferrari, by John Surtees. Our man won! After a lap to find the way, the Ferrari shot over the start/finish line and went barrelling down to Redgates. As the corner approached, the car didn't slow at all and our man, genuinely, thought that the brakes must have failed, that he was going to die and that his car had killed John Surtees. At what seemed long past the last moment, he experienced hard, sharp, braking, the car flicked right, hit the Redgate apex perfectly and carried on into the Craner Curves where it happened all over again.

It's a different world...!

Steve