Tribute to Tony Gaze on the occasion of the 2011 Australian GP

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Created on April 3, 2011

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Australian GP Historique - Tribute to Tony Gaze - Bugatti 35

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This year's historic event at the F1 race in Melbourne (Australia) was a tribute to Tony Gaze. Tony Gaze was the first Australian to compete in a Grand Prix.

Tony competed in the 1952 Belgian GP at Spa, as well as two other races, equipped with an HWM. He was born on February 3, 1920 and became known not only as a racing driver but also as a fighter pilot in World War 2. He served in the RAF and was the first Allied airman to land in France on D-Day 1944, as well as being the first Australian to shoot down a Messerschmitt Me 262 in aerial combat with his Gloster Meteor.

After the war, he returned to racing and drove many sports car and Formula 2 races in Europe, New Zealand and Australia in the early 1950s. He later founded his own racing team, "The Kangaroo Stable" , with which he supported young Australians in Europe, most notably three-time world champion Jack Brabham.

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