Tony Brooks continues to participate in select vintage racing festivals and other historic events.
Photo: Keith Booker
Quiet, thoughtful, modest, Tony Brooks was all of those things, which is probably why his name isn’t exactly on the tip of everyone’s tongue when reminiscing about post-war motor racing heroes. But this unpretentious young man was the strong, determined driver who lit up fast circuits like Spa and Monza in works Vanwalls and Ferraris, and twice came close to winning the world title.
