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Originally Posted by GT6
You may be right, never actually spoke to him but in the early eighties he seemed an old man to me. At the time i just assumed he was the same guy, no internet in those days.
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It's a rather strange story, the 1949 race.
The winning Ferrari belonged to Peter Mitchell Thomson, and was entered for him and Luigi Chinetti.
During the race Selsdon declared himself unwell (a cognac hangover was rumoured) after around 72 minutes at the wheel only climbing into the car for the first time just after dawn on the Sunday. The heroic Chinetti drove more than 22 of the 24 hours, finishing so exhausted that he had to be lifted from the car.
Selsdon died in February 1963, so can't have been in your offices in the eighties. His son and current Baron Selsdon, Malcolm born in 1937 was a director of Mildand Bank Group between 1976 and 1990.
As you say, there was no internet in the early 80s. I have to thank the internet for this information as well as Quentin Spurring and Brian Laban's books on the great race.