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  1. Peter John Collins (6 November 1931 – 3 August 1958) was a British racing driver. He was killed in the 1958 German Grand Prix , just weeks after winning the RAC British Grand Prix . He started his career as a 17-year-old in 1949, impressing in Formula 3 races, finishing third in the 1951 Autosport National Formula 3 Championship.

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    • 2 ( 1955, 1956)
    • 2nd ( 1955, 1956)
    • Aston MartinDavid BrownScuderia Ferrari
  2. May 6, 2024 · 11 hours ago. John Bray,BBC News, Shelsley Walsh. BBC. Members of Peter Collins' family attended the event. A memorial to honour a British motor racing driver who died more than 60 years...

  3. Feb 10, 2024 · 10 February 2024. John Bray,BBC News West Midlands. Getty Images. Peter Collins died during a race in 1958. A fundraising campaign to honour a British motor racing driver has reached its...

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  4. Jul 7, 2014 · Peter Collins was the debonair embodiment of the 1950s racing driver, a man of good looks and charm and wit. Born in 1931, he missed the war; with half a…

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  5. Jul 7, 2014 · Nigel Roebuck. Peter Collins was the debonair embodiment of the 1950s racing driver, a man of good looks and charm and wit. Born in 1931, he missed the war; with half a dozen years more behind him, he would surely have flown Spitfires. As it was, Collins, the son of a Kidderminster motor dealer, raced cars, beginning with a Formula 3 Cooper ...

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  7. Aug 25, 2016 · Paul Fearnley. Peter Collins was a handsome young man from Kidderminster with a knack for driving fast cars quickly – and with the world at his feet in 1956. The second teenage sensation to emerge from Britain’s 500cc Formula 3, he had followed closely the career path of the first, Stirling Moss, by making his name in sports car racing ...

  8. Nov 9, 2016 · Peter Collins works Aston Martin driver - and previous year’s Goodwood 9-Hours race winner - in the 1953 Aston Martin DB3S at the Goodwood chicane. “He said, ‘Louise King’.” “And I said ‘You’re crazy – I’m Louise!’” – and everything then progressed from there…”

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