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The death of a legendary Jaguar test driver reminds us of a golden age.

LEGEND of the British motor industry and former chief test driver and development engineer for Jaguar, Norman Dewis OBE is to join the celebrations for the Classic Motor Cars 25th Birthday at Bridgnorth on Saturday, August 18 as guest of honour.

After winning the GP3 championship last year, Russell, 20, was then handed the role of test driver by Mercedes, and he now leads Formula Two, the feeder series to F1, with only four rounds remaining.

Former professional racing driver Kenny Brack has joined McLaren Automotive, the British luxury, high-performance sports car and super car company, partly-owned by Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, as chief test driver.

Waymo has been operating autonomous vehicles around Chandler for the last eight months, but with a test driver behind the wheel.

Summary: Dubai-based Costantino Bertuzzi takes a walk down memory lane when he was test driver for Ferrari

It was that of Norman Dewis OBE, a test driver for Jaguar, who completed a nearly impossible challenge 55 years ago.

JAGUAR'S legendary test driver Norman Dewis is set become the oldest participant yet in a driving event which tests drivers' abilities to be frugal with fuel to the full.

Clarkson will go nose to nose with Chris Evans' new Top Gear to get the right man, or woman, for the mystery test driver role.

But Williams test driver Susie Wolff, 32, another girl racer in Evans' sights, is also on the grid for Clarkson.