You were there: 1987 British Grand Prix
As Goodyear’s technical director, Peter Bradbury arrived early at Silverstone for the 1987 Grand Prix “to help the Stringfellow F3 team settle in, and somehow we overstayed our tickets…” But he adds, “Access to pits and paddock was helped by Clay Regazzoni who was only too pleased to let me push him from place to place.”
![Lotus of Ayrton Senna at the 1987 British Grand Prix](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Lotus-of-Ayrton-Senna-at-the-1987-British-Grand-Prix-800x530.jpg)
Taking advantage of an empty cockpit to inspect Ayrton Senna’s Lotus- Honda 99T from close up
![Nigel Mansell gives wife Roseanne a lift on a scooter at the 1987 British GP](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nigel-Mansell-gives-wife-Roseanne-a-lift-on-a-scooter-at-the-1987-British-GP-800x530.jpg)
Nigel Mansell gives his wife Roseanne a lift on his Canon Williams-liveried scooter on the occasion of one of his greatest victories
![Benetton of Thierry Boutsen at the 1987 British Grand Prix](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Benetton-of-Thierry-Boutsen-at-the-1987-British-Grand-Prix-800x530.jpg)
Thierry Boutsen’s V6 Benetton B187
![Scott Stringfellow in 1987 F3 race at Silverstone](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Scott-Stringfellow-in-1987-F3-race-at-Silverstone-800x530.jpg)
Scott Stringfellow, son of nightclub owner Peter, in the F3 race (note Hippodrome sponsor)
![Damon Hill in F3 race at Silverstone 1987](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Damon-Hill-in-F3-race-at-Silverstone-1987-800x530.jpg)
his season Damon Hill was still in F3, running a Ralt-Toyota RT31. He would place fifth at Silverstone
![Bette Hill in charity run at Silverstone ahead of the 1987 British GP](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Bette-Hill-in-charity-run-at-Silverstone-ahead-of-the-1987-British-GP-800x530.jpg)
A regular charities supporter, Bette Hill (right) took part in the charity running event around the track, as did son Damon before stepping into his Ralt for a rather faster F3 race
![Frank Williams in charity run ahead of the 1987 British Grand Prix at Silverstone](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Frank-Williams-in-charity-run-ahead-of-the-1987-British-Grand-Prix-at-Silverstone-800x530.jpg)
Sir Frank Williams was happy to join in the charity activities
![TV crew in front of tyres and Goodyear truck at the 1987 British Grand Prix](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TV-crew-in-front-of-tyres-and-Goodyear-truck-at-the-1987-British-Grand-Prix-800x530.jpg)
Stacks of tyres beside Goodyear’s truck, This month’s YWT contributor was technical director for the firm
![Tyrrell being weighed at Silverstone ahead of the 1987 British Grand Prix](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Tyrrell-being-weighed-at-Silverstone-ahead-of-the-1987-British-Grand-Prix-800x530.jpg)
Checking corner weights on one of Tyrrell’s DG016 machines resting on its slave wheels
![Nelson Piquet in Williams at the 1987 British Grand Prix](https://msm.tjlabs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nelson-Piquet-in-Williams-at-the-1987-British-Grand-Prix-800x530.jpg)
Fastest in qualifying, Nelson Piquet led much of the race for Williams until Mansell’s spectacular last-gasp charge deprived him of the laurels
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