27-1-61 28-1-61 Brabham the wet showe the way in TWICE winner of the worla drivers' championship and twice winner of the Lady Wigram trophy. Jack Brabham gave a display of driving in wet at Wigram last Saturday which deserves the hignest praise. On a flooded circuit which caused even Stirling Moss to spin up, Brabfront of the field, without the made his win look easy. hardly have been disappoint- ed by such an Although the crowd kept his Cooper at the INTERNA the general pattern of prevents it being remembered among the international 7 TH BUNLOP Moss's car damaged two team Lotus cars once more unreliable, the top overseas drivers were removed from Brabham's list of threats. Joachim Bonnier, whose eager temperament provided some thrilling little too enthusiastic VICTOR AND VANQUISHED.—Jack Brabham (left) talks with Stirling Moss after gave an embarrassing demonstration his win in the Lady Wigram trophy race on Saturday. Bonnier is highly re- but himself to blame for his Fine Driving the next colliding with cars on the incollision with McLaren. racing always witresses claim has an element of danger for McLaren's from be- The best performance by a driver and but tactics he can still learn from New Zealander was that speciator. It the Hastings competitor, A. N can be greatly minimised with Laren's rear wheel. drove his 1960 thought. Hysiop, Yeoman Credit driver, hardly c.c. Cooper Climax with That the public of Christchurch responded so well In fore he was among the retire- was not surprising able to take third place ahead weather has that the Lotus fared meant thai the • Motor Racing in recent Club will be able to hold the Bomb Bay bend were a little again next McLaren's Mishap surprised when Moss spun up the sports ca: race at Wigram crowd not in front of them, but managed last vear in his D-type Jaguar the 20,000 to get away quickly and pressed D. H. Lawrence in it could have had fatal Bruce McLaren at one stage the same event this year. he the future of appeared likely to beat Brab- Nevertheless, showed he is equally at home! international motor racing in He passed Brabham on; condition that to fin-lin a sports or single-seater. Canterbury, if not the whole the back straight, but lost the ish second was a wonderful drive on Saturday of the South Island. jead seconds later, and on the reflection on the calibre of its makes him one of the leading next lap when he again tried! contenders for the New Zea-l to get through, went into a 'I'ne crucial tactic in Satur- This relegated him so day's race was to gain the land racing drivers' award far in the placings that he lead right from the start and this season. was not again given the opportunity to dispute the lead. beiter than anyone that pass-! The number of accidents Among all this spinning and! ing would be a dangerous which occurred on Saturday and excursions from manoeuvre with so must give the promoters and the circuit, Brabham remain- spray being thrown up ¡officials of the Association of ed in the lead, giving a per- New Zealand Car Clubs much as Bonnier found when food for thougnt. Fortunately driving to anyone who no-one was injured, but there skilful enough to remain close were enough narrow escapes behind him. to suggest that stronger safety From inquiries made after and it was probably termination the measures are required under appears that Moss has no-one front which contributed to such conditions in the future. More hay bales were Clark, and McLaren on the corners race, but the greatest through Brabham's screen of danger was from on the back straight and I same frightening slides off the! WIGRAM SORTED OUT MEN FROM THE BOYS By Peter Greenslade THE thousan's of 1 last Saturday and determined challenges have trudged away r to why Brabham m the head and shoulders abo For those who do not understand the iner points ›i driving inese Grand Pri cals the whole business appears either rather easy or rather silly. Last Saturday Brabham showed the crowd what it takes to make a champion. He realised that his main hope of victory was to get in front right from the start because it would be well-nigh impossible to pass anyone later on with the circuit little better than a lake. Brabham probably won the seventh international Lady Wigram Trophy within the first minute of the race. Subsequently the Swedish driver • Joachim Bonnier. the Scotsman Jim Clark and New Zealand's Bruce Me- Laren showed that they could hok Brabham. but they found that they just could not pass him. The thing is that the Australian was driving as fast as the conditions could possibly allow. Impossible At Wigram last Saturday it was impossible for anyone to drive faster than the Cooper team leader McLaren After the race said that the wall of spray sent up by the four leading cars early in the first lap was such that he realis. ed he had no chance of getting down • to serious motor racing until they had spread out a little and visibility improved slightly. So McLaren and some of the other favoured ones hung back. They could do nothing else. But while they were hanging back Brabham was getting ahead. Lafer he found he was able to slacken a little after Bonnier and Clark had gone. people who stood drenched to th I saw world champion Jack Brabh to win his second Lady Wigram rough the mud and water with a e last two European seasons has ove the international aces. e skin at Wigram am stave off three Trophy race must far better idea as been able to keep Ready Thus during the stage when McLaren was gathering him in Brabham was having a little rest and was ready for the third and final challenge when it came. To many people it appeareù that Stirling Moss took the race in a rather off-hand marker. But Joss. iike Brabhani.' had also the situation well sized up by the end of the first lap. He was unfortunate to: make a poor start and become involved in the melee at the first corner. A bump knocked the steering of the Rob Walker! Lotus right out of alignment. to keep That Moss was nore the car straight line at all after that show's that he is a genius. Handicapped in this manner. Moss saw that he had no chance of mixing it with Brabham and adopted the wisest course in sitting back and keeping out of trouble in the hope that the field would thin out through retirements. Win the disappearance of Bonnier, Clark. John Surtees. and McLaren's excursion into the country, Angus Hysiop found himself second place with Cooper, which Syd Jensen used to drive. For his third day's racing in singleseater. Angus Hyslop turued on a magnificent Show, one good enough to win him a chance of a season in Europe under New Zealand International Grand Prix Organisation's scheme in the eyes of many people. It took Moss about seven laps to get ahead of Hyslor and here again he showed just what has made him the great driver he is. Grand Bid Moss, with his. car partialiy crippled had seen what had nappened to the others who have attempted straight. to take Brabham on the back He slipped by Hyslop in the pit straight simply br leaving braking later for the Hangar Bend. Once cLaren rejoined the race he made a grand bid to make up ground and had little trouble in edging by Denis Kulme in the late stages. - Hulme, who had a mosti successful European sea-: son in 1960, drove steadily without any fireworks displays. There were many who expected him to take a more prominent part. but he was probably wise to drive well Within himself and not ieo- pardise his Formula . I Cooper by spinning it. there are times when it is wise to use some discretion in motor racing and last Saturday was one of them for Hulme. A third placing a fourth instead of his fifth would not have meant much in terms of E s d and in any case with the balance of the New Zealand races at stake and every chance of some major places Huime undoubtedly prayed his cards properis. Jack Brabham receives crosses the line to win th the chequered fiag as he le Lady Wigram Trophy race last Saturday. The distance was shortened from 150 miles to 100 miles because of the inclement weather.