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Six-time race winner Brooks dies aged 90

Tony Brooks, a six-time Formula 1 race winner and former World Championship runner-up, has sadly passed away at the age of 90. Brooks, known affectionately as the ‘Racing Dentist' due to his family links and training in dentistry was, along with Stirling Moss, regarded as one of the best drivers to not become Formula 1 World Champion. The closest he came was in the 1959 season, finishing second behind Jack Brabham while driving for Ferrari and Vanwall, and was the final surviving Grand Prix winner from the 1950s prior to his passing. We are sad to announce the passing of Tony Brooks, the last surviving Grand Prix winner from the 1950s. Known as the 'Racing Dentist', he was...
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