The racer's decision
In our series of Best of 2005, this is Nigel Roebuck's column from Autosport Magazine, which was published on June 2nd 2005.
Sunday evening, late. I was back from the Nurburgring, but it was going to be a long night, for the Indianapolis 500 had recently ended. No, I didn't want to know who'd won, thank you very much. Large scotch, and start the video.
In fact, given what had happened in the European Grand Prix, it was an appropriate moment to be watching Indy. On the flight home, I'd been thinking about Eddie Sachs.
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