Courage, Piers (GB)

b 27/5/1942 (Colchester) - d 21/6/1970 (Zandvoort)

Son of owner of Courage Breweries




1964 - Raced Lotus 22 in Europe. 3rd in Reims, 2nd at Zandvoort
1965 - F3. 4 wins (Silverstone, Goodwood, Caserta, Reims)
1966 - retired German GP (F2 class - Ron Harris/Lotus). F3 (Lotus)
1967 - 3 F1 attempts (Parnell), 0 points. F2, 4th.
1968 - 11 F1 GP (Parnell - BRM), 4 points, J19th. (4th Italy, 6th France).
       3rd in Tasman Series (34 points), 1 win at Longford (wet race - beat
       even Jim Clark). F2 (Williams)
1969 - 10 F1 GP (Williams - Brabham-Cosworth), 16 points, 8th (2nd Monaco,US)
       F2, 1 win (Enna), 5 3rd places. 4th at Le Mans (Matra) with Beltoise
1970 - 5 F1 attempts (Williams - de Tomaso-Cosworth), 0 points. DNS Spain 
       (practice accident). 3rd in International Trophy. Won Buenos Aires
       1000km (Alfa) with de Adamich. In Dutch GP, slid wide, ran up bank
       and crashed. Car rolled and caught fire, killing Courage