Dino Vittorio Marcellinus Toso
The former Renault F1 aerodynamicist died last week at the tender age of 39, following a four-year battle with cancer. Bradley Lord, his colleague as Renault's press officer during their championship seasons of 2005 and 2006, remembers a true hero
Formula One is a world of heroes. The drivers play out their battles on the track from week to week, but they are simple ciphers for the true heroes of each team - the invisible men and women in each factory, working every hour God sends to propel their team forwards.
On Wednesday 13th August, one of those silent heroes slipped peacefully from this world after a fight against cancer that defied all medical prognoses and redefined the strength of the human spirit. He was just 39 years old. And without him, our sport, and our world, are poorer places.
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