When I was at school I used to sit at the back of the French class and I always looked busy though I hardly learned a word of French. I looked engrossed in my work because I was designing an Austin Seven-based 750 Special which would make me the next Colin Chapman. My mate, Dave, also looked busy and for the same reason. We were pretty serious and even sent off to the 750 Motor Club for a copy of the rules.
I guess it was at that point that I began to understand motor racing because the first thing that Dave and I did was to dissect the rules to find the loopholes.
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