Brewery heir, Piers Courage, a rising motor racing star in the 1960s, was the first man to drive for Frank Williams in Formula 1 and died in a Williams car at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix. This biography chronicles his full racing history and features dozens of people who knew Piers.

Piers Courage, a rising motor racing star in the 1960s, was the first man to drive for Frank Williams in Formula 1, and died in a Williams car at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix. This biography, written with his family's co-operation, chronicles the full racing history of the charismatic old Etonian, including the wild Formula 3 days when he and his chums roamed Europe surviving on their wits. The book features dozens of people who knew Piers including Frank Williams, Bernie Ecclestone, Jackie Stewart, Bette Hill, Nina Rindt and of course his wife Lady Sarah, daughter of pre-war racer Earl Howe.

Driving a Lotus 22 for the grandly named Anglo-Swiss Racing Team, but living the perilous existence most privateers endured.
Racing Brabhams for Charles Lucas in Formula 3, partnering Frank Williams.
Formula 2 in John Coombs' McLaren, then contesting the Tasman series.
Competing against Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Chris Amon and Jochen Rindt.
Formula 1 in 1968 in Reg Parnell's BRM, joining the fledgling Williams team, and winning two seconds in a Brabham.
Endurance events for Alfa Romeo, and grands prix in Frank's new de Tomaso in which he perished aged just 28.