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- Last updated: June 16th 2021
Gordon Murray joined Motor Sport for a Game Changers event, reflecting on his career in motor sport and the motoring industry
The Brabham BT46 ‘fan car’, the McLaren MP4/4, the McLaren F1 road car and an extensive list of other brilliant designs, Gordon Murray has been involved in creating some of motor sport’s most unique and successful racers.
The South African-born British designer joined Motor Sport for an evening to discuss his favourite memories from his career, the 2021 Formula 1 regulations and a possible Le Mans entry in the future.
Watch or listen to Murray as he reveals how he planned and designed race-winning Formula 1 cars with Brabham and McLaren, the difficulties he faced and ingenious solutions he devised.
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