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Brian Redman
Great Britain’s Brian Redman is unquestionably one of the greatest drivers of his generation. The former Porsche factory driver continues his sit down with Tony McGuiness as we look back at Brian’s remarkable life and career during one of the most dangerous eras in racing
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Le Mans… it is painful and bothers me to this day to know that the 24 Hours of Le Mans is the only major world championship sports car race I never won. Talking about my 14 Le Mans attempts and writing about it in my book Daring Drivers and Deadly Tracks, still wounds my pride. Every Le Mans without a win was crushing, but there were five particularly heart-breaking times I led Le Mans overall.
My first drive at Le Mans took place at the 1967 race. I was invited to drive a GT40 belonging to Viscount Downe (John Dawnay), but entered by John Wyer who, with John Willment, had just formed JW Automotive Engineering to take over Ford Advanced Vehicles (the ‘JW’ initials in the company name actually stood for John Willment, not John Wyer).