{"id":491916,"date":"2011-07-01T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33909"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:54","slug":"tony-southgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tony-southgate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Southgate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1>The BRM\u2008Years<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_560159-2\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-560159-2\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/INT201107-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-560159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/INT201107-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/INT201107-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/INT201107-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/INT201107-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/INT201107-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-560159-2\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Southgate<br \/>Photo: Pete Austin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Last November we began an ongoing series of interviews with Tony Southgate, the English designer whose lengthy r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes stints with some of the most prominent teams in the sport across a variety of disciplines. 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