Forty-one years ago, Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, the 3rd Baron Hesketh and thus not short of a bob or two, built his first Formula 1 car, opened the throttle and gleefully tweaked the nose of the ...

by Lord Hesketh who wanted to revive the British motorcycle industry with the help of his F1 racing experience gained in the past. During the same year, the company developed the first prototype ...

Allow me to elaborate... Back in the crazy 1970's an eccentric but wealthy British Lord - his family name was Hesketh - decided to go motor racing. All in the name of fun. He bought a couple of ...

KPMG said the sale ended the day-to-day running of Towcester Racecourse Company by Lord Hesketh. It was revealed in Tuesday's Racing Post that trusts linked to Hesketh had been in contact with the ...