🇬🇧 Piers Courage

Piers Courage was a British racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1967 and 1970, driving for De Tomaso and BRM. An established professional, he took 29 starts across four seasons in single-seater racing at the sport's highest level, a field that mixed amateur entrants with graded professionals.[1]

Courage finished 17th in the 1970 Formula 1 championship standings, his final season. Across his four years in the series he took two podium finishes. Among his regular opponents were the 1970 Formula 1 champion Jochen Rindt and the experienced Jo Siffert, drivers he raced closely throughout his career. He finished ahead of 1967 Formula 1 champion Denny Hulme on two occasions and twice beat Pedro Rodríguez, who had accrued 54 Formula 1 starts.[2]

BRM, his main team, fielded him for 13 of his 29 starts and formed part of an operation that won 17 races across the grid; among its other drivers was the elite professional Jackie Stewart. Courage occupied a middle order of the world championship grid for most of his career, holding his own among established professionals while remaining outside the grid's front rank.