With the recent passing of Ian Stewart, Tim Parnell and Mike Taylor, there are only 16 drivers who either started or attempted to qualify from a World Championship Grand Prix held in the 1950's (not including Indianapolis).
14 of them are accounted for in some form (The 15 are: Brooks, Moss, Gurney, Kessler, Cabral, McAlpine, Marr, Ecclestone, Kavanagh, Ashdown, Greene, Herrmann, da Silva Ramos, d'Orey, Milhoux)
Some of them aren't as in touch with the sport as others but Kavanagh was still alive late last year, McAlpine is too connected to pass away unnoticed and Milhoux has a family Facebook page dedicated to him.
I was in touch with Peter and June Ashdown directly for a long while, including putting Peter's photo archive up, but I've not heard from Peter in a while.
But what about Barber? One Grand Prix - 1953 Argentine Grand Prix. We know for certain when John David Barber was born. We know that in 2010, a family member came here and posted that John was still alive and living in the Med still. But it all seems so gloriously vague - how a fish merchant made it into a Grand Prix car; how did he get into racing in 1951? What has Barber done in life to achieve a GP start and a life living on a boat in the Med?
Does anyone know?
Edited by Richard Jenkins, 09 April 2017 - 21:19.