The Formula 1 star that never was
The world of motorsport never got the chance to see Dan Wheldon racing in Formula 1. But he would have been a star, reckons Jonathan Noble
"Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling. From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide."
Danny Boy song lyrics
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