Shooting Star On A Prancing Horse

By Jonathan Williams Hard Cover Book 172 Pages 214 B&W and 117 Color Photographs If you had only one opportunity to race a Formula 1 car in a Grand Prix, which marque would you choose? A Ferrari might be the most frequent answer. In 1967, during the Saturday practice session at the Mexican Grand Prix, Jonathan Williams found himself in just such a position.The first day of practice on Friday passed uneventfully enough, with Chris alternating between the two cars that had been sent, trying to make up his mind which one he preferred. On Saturday, he did a few laps to confirm his choice, after which Franco Lini told me to get changed while the mechanics produced bits of foam rubber and sticky tape to attach to the seat so that I could reach the pedals. So here it was. The big moment. I have to confess to feeling rather nervous at this point. I was about to mingle with some very excited people, on a track I didn’t know, in a car I had never driven, the very car that the highly knowle