A very fast trip down memory lane

As a teenager, he watched in awe as it flashed past at a record speed of 147mph.

But yesterday, Derry Healy, 93, managed to get up close with a vintage Formula One car which sped past him during the 1938 Cork Grand Prix.

Despite his best efforts, he couldn’t squeeze in to tight cockpit of a Bugatti, and quipped: “If I was only 83-years-old, I’d manage it.”