Annie Nightingale goes behind the scenes of the McLaren-Ford Formula One team, as they prepare for the 1971 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

She speaks with McLaren's joint managing director, Phil Kerr and chief designer, Gordon Coppuck, before meeting driver Peter Gethin and his mechanic Ross - who show her how a formula one car is constructed to suit the exact specifications of its driver.

Clip taken from Before The Event. Originally broadcast on BBC One, Wednesday 22 March, 1972.





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