Name: Peter Arundell Nationality: Great Britain Date of birth:
November 8, 1933 - Ilford, Essex  From Ilford in Essex, Arundell
started racing when he was 21 driving an MG. After finishing his
National Service with the Royal Air Force he became a
professional racing driver, competing in Lotus and Elva
machinery. In 1962 he won the British Formula Junior title in a
factory Lotus 22, his domination of the series being so complete
that his rivals alleged that he was using illegal engines.
Arundell was challenged to take the car to Monza for the Monza
Lotteria and demonstrate his speed. He did and he won. He also
won the prestigious Monaco Formula Junior race in 1961 and 1962.
In 1963 he did some non-championship Formula 1 races with Team
Lotus after Trevor Taylor was injured in a spectacular crash in
the non-championship Mediterranean GP at Enna. Arundell,
however, concentrated on winning the British Formula 3 title and
did not make his Grand Prix debut until the following year after
Taylor was dropped. Life as