O.A.P. goes ape

Andrew Frankel
July 7, 2014

Vittorio Brambilla drove a racing car for the first time since 1981 when he demonstrated former Formula Atlantic team boss Doug Shierson and James King’s Beta Utensili March 761 at Monza last month. The 61-year-old – winner of the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix in a March – enjoyed the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship round later in the day. “The cars are in better condition now than when I raced them,” said the ‘Monza Gorilla’.

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Andrew Frankel

Senior Contributing Writer

After an inglorious stint in the City convinced him that he could handle cars better than he handled money, Andrew joined Autocar many years ago as a junior tester. Since then he has become one of the industry’s senior figures. Editor of Motor Sport for five years, he now runs our road test section.

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