{"id":461230,"date":"2007-07-01T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=63505"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:06:15","slug":"emeryson-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/emeryson-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Emeryson Days"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I guess the best period in motor racing for me was when I managed to have my first drives in Formula 1. That came about because I knew Paul Emery. I had put an entry in myself for the Brussels Grand Prix in April 1962 for a Lotus. The Emeryson driver didn\u2019t arrive from America, so Paul asked me if I wanted to drive his car; it was very much a spur of the moment thing. It was a 1961 car and it went pretty well, and I finished 5th overall after three separate heats. Paul then offered me the drive for the rest of the season, and I got to drive the new car. I thought the new car was absolutely brilliant\u2026the handling was so good.<\/p>\n

That meant I did my first Grand Prix in 1962, but I had driven in a number of non-championships F1 races before that in a Cooper. The Coopers had been F2 cars but, when they changed the formula, they became F1 cars overnight. That gave me the chance to drive against some very good drivers. I did the Glover Trophy in \u201961 at Goodwood in the Cooper T51, which was won by Surtees in a Cooper over Graham Hill. I had the same car at the Brussels race that year, when Paul had several Emerysons for the Belgian drivers. I liked that strange street circuit and finished 9th, so I knew it for the next year. I took the Cooper to Naples for the F1 race on the Possillippo circuit. That was the same day as the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix, which Moss won. I don\u2019t think I lasted too long.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n