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Piers Courage: Frank Williams’ first F1 hope
Phillip van Osten
21/06/2025 at 14:3021/06/2025 at 13:03 Frank Williams and British motorsport mourned the loss on this day in 1970 of Piers Courage, who was tragically killed at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Sir Frank had graduated to Formula 1 in 1969 with an immaculately-prepared dark-blue Brabham BT26 for Courage to display his abundant talent. One year later, Williams switched to a De Tomaso chassis built around the readily available Cosworth DFV. But it was a slow start for both the new car and its driver in 1970. Courage did his best however to grab the machine by the scruff of its neck. The Brit qualified well at Spa but was sidelined early on by reliability issues. Alas,...
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