Iron Horses

Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands Prix. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren, of course, and they won with them too, but the other was a lesser-known man hailing from the southern tip of Africa.

Louis Douglas Serrurier, the creator of LDS racing cars, had a huge involvement with, and impact on, motor racing in his native South Africa and his contribution to the sport as a participant, constructor, patron, organizer and mentor was immense.