Richard Seaman not only had to navigate the racetracks of the 1930s, but also life as a Briton in pre-war Nazi Germany. In an extract from his new book, Richard Williams charts Seaman´s triumph, conflicts, and his tragic end In the summer of 1938, halfway through his second season with Mercedes, Richard Seaman was growing frustrated. It was late July and his last race in a Silver Arrow had been at Donington Park eight months earlier. In recent weeks his German teammates - Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang - had finished in the first three positions in Tripoli and at Reims, while the 25-year-old Englishman had been left kicking his heels.He was free to swim, sail and waterski at his home on the shore of a Bavarian lake, and to dance with his new girlfriend - the 18-year-old daughter of the head of BMW - to his collection of jazz records. But however enjoyable that may have been, it was not why he had chosen to leave England a year and a half earlier. Continue reading...
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