A wonderful article, when asked what were your favourite circuits at which to race? Paul replied: The circuits in those days were just fantastic. I drove a Ford GT40 Le Mans in 1969 and it was magnificent. The old Spa was also phenomenal. The first time I drove there in the wet was during practice in a GT40. I was driving along and suddenly felt myself rising upwards in the car and feeling a bit chilly. Those cars had ventilation rings in the seat, and it turned out the car was filling up with water ! The old Mugello road circuit was the best in the world, though — it was literally 40 miles of spectacular mountain passes.

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