Tyrrell’s graduation to Formula 1 made an immediate impact thanks to the brilliance of Jackie Stewart and constructor Matra

Motor racing is essentially a science; it's about nuts and bolts, numbers on lap charts, and stopwatches. But sometimes other influences seem to play a part. Fate and coincidence loom large in many tragic stories in the sport's history, and rarely more poignantly than in the case of Albert Francois...

John Coombs, who died on Saturday aged 92, was instrumental in the early career of Jackie Stewart as well as in convincing Jaguar to create the lightweight E-Type racer.Proprietor of Coombs of Guildford, a Jaguar dealer, it was natural the Coventry marque featured heavily as he wound down his career...