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Later this month at a small ceremony in Bourne, Lincs, the home of BRM, a memorial to Jo Siffert will be unveiled. The Swiss driver was killed on October 24, 1971 at Brands Hatch while competing in the Rothmans World Championship Victory Race, driving a BRM P160. Remarkably until now there has been no permanent memorial to him.
Siffert is deserving of a memorial but he is not alone in not having one until now. Readers of will remember Gerry Birrell. The charismatic Scotsman was just short of his