Canadians In F1

[GeorgeTheCar]

I am the chair of the Archvies committe of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.


I am currently reading Forza Amon in the section on the Amon F1 car project when I came across a reference to a Proferssor Tom Boyce, a Canadian, who did the car's aerodynamics. It states that he had also done the shape on the Lola T70. First time I heard that reference.

Can anyone provide any more info?

I will create a database of all Canadians in Formula One. The drivers with F1 involvement are well known but there many who worked in many other capacities. One such example is Rod Campbell who worked in Canada for George Eaton and did the BRM deal and then was in F1 with Brett Lunger, Walter Wolf and Mo Nunn's Ensign project. Although after that he ended up in the States and worked on Ford racing projects for years he maintained many F1 ties. I have a couple of other names that I will do some more work on and add into the dscussion

This will be very useful for our Archives and I thank you all for your assiatance in advance

[GeorgeTheCar]

Allen Berg
Bill Brack
Peter Broeker
John Cannon
John Cordts
George Eaton
Al Pease
Peter Ryan
Gilles Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
Eppie Wietzes

George has asked me to 'Add Ludwig Heimrath in a non Chanpionship race at Pau

Note if you will, Peter Ryan was a US citizen by birth, lived most of his life in Canada, developed and raced as a Canadian'

[John Turner]

I can find no reference to Boyce in either Bamsey's or Starkey's books on the T70. I'd always had the impression that the body shape was designed 'in-house' at Lola.