Mike Hawthorn On the Limit

One of the new eager racing fanatics leading Britains charge to the top of the motorsport world was the charismatic handsome and debonair Mike Hawthorn Racing for iconic names such as Jaguar and Ferrari and sporting his trademark bow tie shock of wavy blonde hair and with his flamboyant driving style Hawthorn captured the imagination of motorsport fans across the country As fast as he raced on the track Hawthorn lived just as fast off it with his social antics becoming the stuff of legend and there was always a woman or two under his arm