Obituary: Former F1 team boss Colin Crabbe, the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his chance
As the head of his small Formula 1 team, Colin Crabbe, who has died aged 82, was the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his big break. It was just before Crabbe’s 27th birthday when his Antique Automobiles team made its F1 debut in 1969, in the non-championship Madrid Grand Prix at the brand-new Jarama circuit, with a Maserati-powered Cooper T86B. Crabbe was unable to fit in the car, so it was his ...Keep reading