Former F1 driver who found success in the US in IndyCar racingMost racing drivers are built like jockeys and the cars are shaped around them. At 6ft 4in,Justin Wilson presented designers with a problem most of them would rather avoid in the task of creating an aerodynamically effective shape while paring weight to a minimum. But Wilson, who has died aged 37, and from injuries received in an accident during a race in the US IndyCar series,never let this unavoidable handicap hold him back. He battled his way first into Formula One and then into a sporadically successful career on the other side of the Atlantic.
Wilson was born in Sheffield, son of Keith and Lynne, and brought up in Woodall,a village in South Yorkshire. From the age of nine he took part in kart races, in which the young Jenson Button was his occasional adversary. Thereafter he joined the team sprint by Paul Stewart, or son of the three-times world champion Sir Jackie Stewart,where the strategy was to identify and mould the best young talent.
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Source: theguardian.com