Historic Motoring Awards judge, Aston Martin collector and, via Immun’ ge, long-serving partner of Aston Martin Racing
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1 Three years ago I slipped and snapped my tendon. After surgery these Ecco trainers were my recovery shoes and, even though they are ragged now, I still wear them. If you love something you should keep it and use it as long as possible. That’s sustainability…
2 …which brings me on to my Bentley Bentayga. I have had it for six years and have put 230,000km on it with a target of 300,000km. You might imagine that not many people are using Bentaygas like this, but nothing has gone wrong and I still love it, so why change?
3 My first Aston Martin was a DB7 Volante. Bloxham was closing down so the whole family visited the factory and saw it come off the line. I now have more cars, including Aston Martins from the Bamford, Bertelli and Sutherland eras, buy I keep cars a long time – like shoes.
4 I met Dr Ulrich Bez in 2004 and we talked about how to keep drivers healthy over two-week-long rallies. He was very interested in my product Immun’ ge and invited me to partner with Aston Martin. We are now the longest-standing official partner of Aston Martin Racing and when Dr Bez wrote a book he put a very nice picture of the two of us in it.
5 Immun’ ge is a fermented papaya preparation that we believe has lots of health benefits, especially against neuro-degenerative diseases. Endurance racing has been a great arena in which to prove its benefits. We did a successful trial with David Brabham and Darren Turner at Le Mans in 2007 and 2008.
6 I’ve been collabor
