Former Arrows team boss and owner Tom Walkinshaw has died of lung cancer aged 64.
The sad news about the Scot broke on the Twitter network, with former driver Mark Blundell paying tribute to the "good driver and team owner, RIP".
It was later confirmed by the professional English rugby club Gloucester, which was owned by its Scottish-born chairman Walkinshaw.
His career began as a driver and Walkinshaw rose as high as Formula 2.
He later established his TWR racing empire. Tom Walkinshaw Racing won 24 Hours of Le Mans two times in 1988 and 1990 with Jaguar.
In 1991 he entered in F1 as Benetton's engineering director and hired Ross Brawn. He bought 50 per cent of the Ligier team in 1995 but couldn't take full control of the team, he decided to buy the Arrows team in 1997, until it collapsed financially in 2002.
Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) had counted up to 1500 employees as he ran factories in UK, Sweden, Australia and in the United-States.
In recent years he has been involved in the Australian touring car series V8 Supercars, through the team Walkinshaw Performance.
The sad news about the Scot broke on the Twitter network, with former driver Mark Blundell paying tribute to the "good driver and team owner, RIP".
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| Tom Walkinshaw during the GP of Great Britain in 2010. (Photo: WRI2) |
It was later confirmed by the professional English rugby club Gloucester, which was owned by its Scottish-born chairman Walkinshaw.
His career began as a driver and Walkinshaw rose as high as Formula 2.
He later established his TWR racing empire. Tom Walkinshaw Racing won 24 Hours of Le Mans two times in 1988 and 1990 with Jaguar.
In 1991 he entered in F1 as Benetton's engineering director and hired Ross Brawn. He bought 50 per cent of the Ligier team in 1995 but couldn't take full control of the team, he decided to buy the Arrows team in 1997, until it collapsed financially in 2002.
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| With World Champion Damon Hill at Arrows F1 team. (Photo: WRI2) |
Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) had counted up to 1500 employees as he ran factories in UK, Sweden, Australia and in the United-States.
In recent years he has been involved in the Australian touring car series V8 Supercars, through the team Walkinshaw Performance.