English driver Tony Brooks, a pioneering Formula 1 star of the 1950s, has died aged 90.
The Brit won six Grands Prix, achieved 10 podiums and came agonisingly close to winning the world championship while driving for Ferrari in 1959. His daughter Giulia announced the tragic news on Tuesday with the F1 world paying tribute to the former driver.
Brooks secured his first win at the 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix while he was a dentistry student at the University of Manchester. He became known as the ‘racing dentist’ as a result, and the moniker made perfect sense as Brooks would surgically move through the grid out on track.
