Having been lucky enough, man and boy, to witness more than 600 grands prix, I'm often asked which is my favourite. It's the 1969 British Grand Prix, without question.
There are many candidates, particularly incredibly tense championship finales such as Australia 1994 and Brazil 2008. But, for a classic wheel-to-wheel contest, there's nothing to beat the duel between Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt at Silverstone fifty years ago. It could hardly be otherwise when the lead changed hands countless times during an enthralling battle lasting for more than an hour and a quarter.
Any suggestion that the fight lacked edge because Rindt and Stewart were good friends is instantly made irrelevant by images showing both on the absolute limit through Woodcote, Copse, Becketts and Stowe.