Mike Blanchet, a figure synonymous with Lola Cars having progressed from sales director to joint managing director, has died at the age of 74. Autosport sends its condolences to his family.
Born on the Channel Island of Jersey on 1 January 1948, Blanchet commanded universal respect as a motorsport professional, and was a winner on track as well as in business.
Blanchet always excelled at Thruxton, winning the televised FF2000 race in November 1978, when BRDC Esso champion Peter Morgan, whom he assisted, won in his FF1600 T540. “Mike was an honorable man, and a fine driver,” said Morgan. “He was such a brave little bugger,” recalls Terry Blanchet, outlining Mike’s fight against serious illness from the age of 12. He underwent kidney transplant surgery decades ago and throughout his international marketing career had to plan trips to the USA and Japan around dialysis. “It never held him back, and the NHS treated him brilliantly.”
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