Louis Thomas Stanley was the chair of the Formula One team BRM.
11 Facts About Louis Stanley
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Louis Stanley was married to Jean, the sister of Sir Alfred Owen.
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Louis Stanley worked as a journalist for Queen magazine and was a manager at The Dorchester Hotel in London.
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Louis Stanley attended the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix with his wife, and as a result became interested in motor racing.
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Louis Stanley was instrumental in establishing the Formula One mobile medical unit which for the first time provided good standard medical facilities at circuits.
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When Jackie Stewart was injured, driving for BRM, in 1966, both he and Louis Stanley were unimpressed with the medical help available at the circuit.
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Louis Stanley became a strong ally of Stewart in his campaign to improve safety and created the International Grand Prix Medical Service in 1967.
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Louis Stanley himself funded the mobile medical unit, which was made available to GP circuits in Europe.
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Louis Stanley was honorary secretary and treasurer of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association in its original form and was a prolific author.
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Louis Stanley was married twice; firstly, to Kate Furness from whom he was divorced in 1949.
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Louis Stanley died on 8 January 2004, aged 92, at Trumpington, Cambridgeshire following a stroke.