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Peter Gethin - the man with the 71

Name: BRM P 160 1971
Brand: BRM

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Created on December 19, 2011

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

Peter Gethin on the Monza circuit in 2010

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BRM P 160 (1971) - Peter Gethin on the BRM at the 1971 Monza Grand Prix

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Peter Gethin shows how close the decision was in 1971

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Peter Gethin on the finish line at Monza - taken in 2000

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Summary

Peter Gethin died at the age of 71 in December 2011. He celebrated his greatest racing success in 1971 at the Monza GP, which he won by a narrow margin after a thrilling slipstream battle. This report looks back and shows Peter Gethin in 1971 and in 2000 on the Monza race track.

This article contains the following chapters

Son of a jockey, but no interest in live horses
Gap filler
Sensational victory in Monza
The place where the Monza GP was decided
Busy even after retirement

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

He died at the age of 71, he won his only GP in 1971 and that by just 71 cm! But let's start from the beginning: his name was Peter Gethin, he was born on February 21, 1940 in Ewell near Epsom. He died in Goodwood on December 5, 2011 after a long and serious illness. As the son of a jockey, he had little interest in horses from the outset, but all the more in horsepower. After completing a motor vehicle apprenticeship and racing school at Brands-Hatch, he won the British F5000 Championship in 1969 and 1970. When team owner and driver Bruce McLaren was killed in an accident during testing at Goodwood, Peter Gethin was quickly brought into the McLaren team, where he made his F1 debut at Zandvoort in 1970.

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