Main content

The Ghost of Brooklands

How Percy Lambert, one of Brooklands鈥� early racing stars, met a tragic end on the world鈥檚 first purpose鈥慴uilt racetrack - and why some say he never left.

Few stories haunt Brooklands like that of Percy Lambert - the first man to drive 100 miles in an hour, killed months later on the same track. Simon Furber returns to the spot where triumph became tragedy - and where Lambert鈥檚 ghost still seems to linger.

Image: Percy Lambert in his Talbot Special, breaking the 103 miles in one hour record in 1913 (Getty Images)

Available now

6 minutes