The beer and curry secret of F1’s last non-points race

Nobody knew at the time, except perhaps for Bernie Ecclestone, but it was to be the last non-championship Formula 1 race ever held.
Ecclestone realised that there would be no room for oddball races that didn’t involve points, and did not fit the uniform pattern that he was trying to establish for all aspects of the sport, not least the ever-rising race hosting fees paid by promoters of Grands …Keep reading