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Richard John Beattie Seaman (4 February 1913 – 25 June 1939) was a British racing driver. He drove for the Mercedes-Benz team from 1937 to 1939 in the Mercedes-Benz W125 and W154 cars, winning the 1938 German Grand Prix .
Mar 19, 2020 · Seaman was an ambitious British racing driver who excelled in domestic events but looked to Germany for the factory drive that would enable him to become a Grand Prix winner.
Jun 25, 2009 · When Richard Seaman drove his Mercedes-Benz W 154 3-litre formula racing car to victory at the 1938 German Grand Prix, he sealed his reputation as the most successful British racing driver...
May 31, 2020 · The hotly anticipated ‘A Race With Love and Death’ chronicles the life and times of pre-war Grand Prix racer Richard Seaman, who was the sole British works driver for the Mercedes Grand Prix team in the late thirties.
Apr 24, 2020 · A Race with Love and Death: The Story of Britain’s First Great Grand Prix Driver Richard Seaman, by Richard Williams, Simon & Schuster, RRP£20, 400 pages. Michael Moritz is a partner at Sequoia...
Oct 26, 2020 · The story of the British racing driver Richard Seaman reads like something straight out of a Joan Collins novel: wealth, fame, the thrill of late 1930s Grand Prix racing, star-crossed lovers, Nazis … and Hitler. Richard John Beattie Seaman* was born on February 4, 1913, the only son of a wealthy family.
Jan 19, 2017 · Handsome, brave and talented, Richard Seaman was among the brightest stars of inter-war grand prix racing, but today he is largely forgotten in Britain.
