Hawkins, Paul

"Hawkeye" - Paul Hawkins bio - Any good? It looks a bit light on pages at 170, especially as I assume 10 or so of those will be used up on pictures

My first horrible memory of motor racing as a 6 year old and the drive back from Oulton in 1969 :(

I remember hearing it on the car radio as we were on our way back from a meeting, maybe Snetterton.

I've got the book and I'm enjoying it. I think it may be a first effort from the author as I've not seen anything mentioning him. It is quite a small book but less than £17 for a short-run hardback biography is pretty darn good.

And the content of the book itself? Well, a first thing that one notices is that it's not terribly linear and this can be a disadvantage in a biography. The circumstances of the Oulton Park tragedy are gently glossed over, which is a pleasant surprise in this day and age. What really comes through though is the author's obvious knowledge of his subject. In many respects, it reads like Eoin Young's McLaren biography and as I've had that proudly on my shelves for decades, I am happy to give "Hawkeye" the thumbs up.

For those of us who don't know I got this from www.silhouet.com

Hawkins, Paul (Aus) Hawkeye
b 12/10/1937 (Melbourne) - d 26/5/1969 (Oulton Park)

1964 - 2nd in Rand GP (John Willment), won Rhodesian GP (F2 Brabham)
1965 - 3 F1 GP (1 John Willment, 2 DW Racing). 0 points. Crashed into Monaco
harbour in his F1 Lotus.
1966 - Won F2 Eifelrennen (Alexis)
1967 - Drove Ford GT40. Won Targa Florio (Porsche), Paris 1000km (John Wyer).
1968 - Won Monza 1000km (John Wyer)
1969 - Killed when crashed Lola T70 into tree during Tourist Trophy at
Oulton Park

Thanks Tim and Peter for update. I had better go and check at the book shop and see if my copy of 'Hawkeye' has arrived here in Aus.