Jack Brabham

In the 1950s and 60s if you went to race meetings on the practice day you could wander round the paddock watching the mechanics preparing the cars and mingle with the drivers and team members. I took this photograph on the Friday practice day at Aintree for the 1962 British Grand Prix.

This is Jack Brabham who drove a Lotus 24 at this meeting because his first Brabham car, the BT3 wasn't yet ready to race - it made its debut in the next Grand Prix in Germany. He qualified in ninth place on the grid and finished the race in fifth place, albeit a lap behind the winner Jim Clark in his Lotus 25.