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276:. However, his performance had brought him to the attention of Teddy Savory of Modus, who offered him a work drive in the series. Although the car was another modified F3 chassis, he drove well enough to earn a drive in a purpose-built car in 1975. He also drove a Modus M1 F3 in the Monaco Grand Prix F3 support race, finishing second behind Tom Pryce in a March 743. Brise excelled in the new car in 1975, winning six consecutive races, at Snetterton, 343:. However, a combination of technical difficulties and bad luck prevented him from ever finishing in high leader-board positions, and he took just one championship point. Nonetheless, by consensus he was considered a bright hope and one to watch for the future, with a successful season anticipated in 1976. 357:
On 29 November 1975, Hill and Brise, along with Andy Smallman, the team's designer, and three team mechanics, were returning to London from southern France, where they were testing a new race car, the GH2. The Embassy Hill plane, a twin-engine six-seat
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Brise won his first UK championship in 1969, and switched to single-seater racing the next year, driving an Elden MK8 Formula Ford. In 1971 he placed second in the BOC British FF1600 Championship. While completing a BSc in Business Administration at
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on three occasions. Both Tony and his brother Tim showed an interest in go-karting at a young age, and John Brise gave up his hobby to support them fully.
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Laffite returned for the subsequent Monaco Grand Prix, demoting Brise once again to Formula Atlantic, though former world champion
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series. He won the first round of the British Championship unexpectedly, but subsequently wrote the car off in a crash at
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at night in thick fog when it crashed and burned at Arkley golf course, killing all six aboard. Brise was 23 years old.
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Brise's wife, Janet, was the daughter of triallist Reg Allen. His nephew, David Brise, is currently driving in the
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for the 1974 seasons, but was unable to due to financial limitations. Instead he bought a second-hand
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Championship. As a result of these achievements, he was contacted by
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Grand Prix events in 1975, before dying in a plane crash with
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in April, to make his Formula One debut standing in for
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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in England
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Brise made his Grand Prix debut on 27 April 1975 for
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Index

Erith
Arkley
Formula One
1975
Williams
Hill
Championships
Wins
Pole positions
Fastest laps
1975 Spanish Grand Prix
1975 United States Grand Prix
racing driver
Formula One
Graham Hill
Erith
Kent
World Stock Car Championship
Aston University
Bernie Ecclestone
British Formula 3 Championships
Lombard North Central
Richard Robarts
Grovewood Award
Tom Pryce
Formula 2
March
Holbay
Formula Atlantic
Snetterton

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