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Line 1: {{Short description\|British racing driver (1942{{ndash}}1970)}} {{Use British English\|date=November 2012}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2022}} Line 28: ==Biography== [[File:Edgcote House (geograph 1899022).jpg\|left\|thumb\|Courage's family were [[Lords of the Manor]] of Edgcote from the 1920's till 2005]]Piers Courage was the eldest son of Richard Courage (1915-1994), [[Lord of the Manor]] of [[Edgcote]] whose aunt, Dorothy Courage (1877-1972, later De Zeote) is referenced in ''[[Burke's Landed Gentry]]'' having married another well-known sportsman, cricketer [[Herman de Zoete]] in July 1903.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Burke \|first1=Bernard \|title=Burke's Landed Gentry \|date=1937 \|publisher=Burke's Peerage \|page=495 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jurmAAAAMAAJ&q=burke%27s+peerage+dorothy+courage+De+Zeote \|access-date=24 June 2023 \|quote=PAGE 495 ... Raymond Courage [1866-1951] of Edgcote Manor ...COURAGE , of Shenfield Place , Brentwood , Essex , b . 10 July , 1832 ; educ ... BURKE's Peerage ) . 1. Helen Beatrice , d . 5 May , 1922 . 2. Evelyne ... Dorothy , m . Herman de Zoete ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Edgcote House Edgcote, near Banbury Northamptonshire England \|url=https://www.thedicamillo.com/house/edgcote-house/ \|publisher=Curt DiCamillo. All Rights Reserved. \|access-date=14 June 2023 \|date=2024 \|quote=Edgcote is a nine-bay two-story house erected between 1747 and 1752 for London merchant Richard Chauncey. Built of local ironstone with gray stone dressings, the interior is notable for its Chinese style drawing room. Edgcote House, together with 1,700 acres, was sold in June 2005 by Christopher Courage (of the brewing family) for £30 million. Edgcote is possibly most notable today as Netherfield, the country seat of Mr. Bingley, in the BBC's 1995 production of "Pride and Prejudice."...Courage family here 1926-2005.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=The Market: Mystery buyer lands £30m country pile \|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/the-market-mystery-buyer-lands-pound30m-country-pile-wlp3nb7snrh \|access-date=13 June 2023 \|publisher=The Times (UK) \|date=30 October 2005 \|quote=Edgcote was sold by Christopher Courage, 43, scion of the brewing dynasty [as son of Edward Raymond Courage (1906-1982) and grandson of Raymond Courage (1866-1951)], who was born there and had lived there all his life. Courage and his .}}</ref> Piers was the heir to the [[Courage Brewery\|Courage brewing]] dynasty of which his father was chairman. Educated at [[Eton College]], Piers began his racing career in his own [[Lotus 7]]. ~~Piers Courage was the eldest son and heir to the [[Courage Brewery\|Courage brewing]] dynasty. Educated at [[Eton College]], he began his racing career in his own [[Lotus Seven\|Lotus 7]].~~ Following a brief stint touring the European [[Formula 3Three\|F3]] racing circuit in 1964 with a [[Lotus 22]], along with [[Jonathan Williams (racing driver)\|Jonathan Williams]], good results persuaded him to pursue a full season in 1965. It was in this season, driving a 1.0L F3 [[Brabham]] for Charles Lucas, that he first formed an alliance with [[Frank Williams (Formula One)\|Frank Williams]], at that time Lucas's other driver and sometime mechanic. A string of good results, including four high-profile wins, encouraged [[Colin Chapman]] to offer Courage a seat in a [[Lotus 41]] for the 1966 F3 season. This car was inferior to the dominant Brabhams but Courage still managed to outperform them on occasion, earning him a step up to the [[Formula 2\|F2]] category for the [[1966 German Grand Prix]], where he crashed out. [[File:1969 British Grand Prix P Courage Brabham BT26 close.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Piers Courage in a [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]] [[Brabham]] BT26A at the [[1969 British Grand Prix]]]] Line 298: \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Maranello Concessionaires \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} [[Richard Attwood]] \|align="left"\| [[Ferrari P#~~412P~~412 P\|Ferrari 412P]] \| P<br>5.0 \| 208 Line 516: [[Category:English Formula One drivers]] [[Category:European Formula Two Championship drivers]] [[Category:Racing drivers ~~killed~~who died while racing]] [[Category:Sport deaths in the Netherlands]] [[Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers]] Line 526: [[Category:People educated at Eton College]] [[Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Colchester]]