Friday, February 10, 2023

Peter Burns, part 2 of 2, recorded 23rd January 2023

 Download part 2 of the audio here 

Gary continues his interview with Peter, you can watch the whole conversation on YouTube.



Peter Burns, part 1 of 2, recorded 23rd January 2023

Download part 1 of the audio here 

 Our guest this time is Peter Burns, who, although not on the front line in the pitlane, still wracked up 35 years in motorsport. After being involved with the organisation of the inaugural Dubai Grand Prix in 1983, he then worked for McLaren in Formula One, being in at the very start of hospitality provided by the teams for their sponsors. In this role he got to know very well people like Alan Prist, Ayrton Senna, David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen.

Having been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2017, Peter is now working with Parkinson's charities, in 2021 he was part of a team who swam the Solent to the Isle Of Wight, raising £47,000. This year they will again swim, this time around the Isle Of Wight! For more information and if you'd care to donate, please visit their website at www.positivelyparkinsons.co.uk

The Grand Prix Trust is a charity formed over 30 years ago by Jackie Stewart to help former F1 employees when times are hard. Both Peter and I are involved with them. Please visit their website at www.grandprixtrust.com

You can also watch it on Gary's YouTube channel.



Thursday, January 19, 2023

Ron Tauranac


Another interview from our archive, this time with the late Brabham and Ralt designer Ron Tauranac. Notoriously reticent to be interviewed, I heard from him after I sent him a copy of the interview, he said he wished he had said more! Ron is interviewed by my friend Alan Morgan.

Audio podcast is here.

You can also watch the interview at https://youtu.be/pPHC1JY0kW4