Here are 'as they came' comments from some of our users for which thanks.

From Peter Sutherill:

I have an original signed letter from Mike Hawthorn given to me by my neighbour Mr Douglas Wood after I had loaned him the book 'Challenge me the Race'. This was to decline a dinner invitaion from Douglas.

From Paul Satterly:

What a great site! I now live in Mallorca, but can keep up on the net. I used to go to the Goodwood Easter Monday meeting with my Aunt and Uncle Marjorie and Glyn Bishop, who kept the "Duke of Cambridge" pub next door to the Tourist Trophy garage in Farnham, Surrey.

They were both great friends of the Hawthorn family and idolised Mike.

When not racing, he would come to Sunday lunch with us, you can imagine the banter. He would mix happily with the locals playing darts and cribbage, and they loved him for it. I was 15 years old at the time and his death left a lasting sadness with me to this day, although I knew he was an ill man. I was privileged to know him and to be able to enjoy what many still regard as the

From Peter:

What a really fantastic site! Have spent over 6 hours here today absorbing all this information. I worked near Mike's garage in the late '50s and saw him coming and going many times in various cars. One of the best tribute sites for anyone I've ever seen. Congratulations.

From Adrian on Jag-lovers:

I would like to thank you for bringing to our attention the Mike Hawthorn Memorial Web site.

It was a very personal experience for me to visit the site and brought back many memories, happy and sad, to me. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Hawthorn when he visited a stop over we had during a Rally I was in, at Fairoaks Airfield.

I had already immigrated to Montreal and then moved to Seattle when the terrible accident occured. Reading the text and seeing the pictures was a moving experience for me particularly because I went to College in Guildford and have driven past Coombs TT Garage many times.

So, thank you again for allowing me to visit the superb Memorial Web site and take a trip down memory lane.

From Andrew:

Attended the ceremony on Saturday of course and thought I should be a member of the 'tribute' site. You're doing a great job.

From Ettore:

Great work you are doing. keep up with the good work!

From Dennis:

I love to read a lot of this very special figure in racing history. This site is fantastic! Good work, very good work! Thank you.

From David:

Drive a modern XK8 and am a motor race fan also visited the grave in Farnham, read about the site in Jaguar World brilliant

From Paul:

Mike has always been one of my favorite racers. Thank you for creating this wonderful website. I owned a 3.8 Mk2 years ago and would like to know more about how Mike's 3.4 was set up for racing.

From John:

I just discovered your wonderful website this afternoon. Mike was one of those fabulous characters who got me interested in racing in 1957. Keep up the great work. Thanks.

From Mike:

Congratulations on the website, something like this is well overdue. I used to know Ted Papsch as when he ran the garage in West Street I worked as the petrol pump attendant for a few months after leaving school.

From Richard:

Hi. Congratulations on your site. I have just got back from Doug Nye talking about Mike at the Bourne Residents meeting here in Farnham. I found the site while looking for the video of Mike commentating on a lap of Le Mans in '56.

From Jim:

Fantastic! This is what Mike needed - a very readable site with just about everything one could wish for about our World Champion. Even my 16 yr old son sat at his pc for an hour enthralled with it all. Keep up the good work!

From Paul:

My father worked with Mike Hawthorn and has photographs which may be of use to you.

From Doug:

Tony - nice job. Best regards - and well done. Doug Nye

From David:

Great website to a charasmatic driver. My own treasured item is a painting I commissioned from Michael Turner of Mike and Fangio at Tetre Rouge in the 1955 Le Mans.

From Ed:

I don't know how long it's taken to get this site made up but you all deserve your own victory celebrations! It is such an exciting experience to see all this data on Mike in one place and laid out so nicely. I'll be back again and again to savour the experience. Thanks.

From Paul:

Absolutely fabulous site. Brilliant

From Dave:

I was a young lad, at home with the flu, when the radio announcement came over announcing Mike Hawthorn's death. It left an indelible memory that I carry to this day. Your web-site is a grand tribute to the man and his memory. Thanks.

From Roger:

I was born in Farnham, went to his grave at 10 years old. I have 3 books and the lovely print from Mon Ami Mate. A print of his D-type. Visited grave over the years. The web site is fantastic

From Pascal:

Hi Tony...

Great site... graphics are great (as usual)..

From Marc:

It is great to find this website. I have been interested in Mike Hawthorn since reading Chris Nixon's book.

From Mike:

As a Farnham resident, I'm ashamed at the lack of recognition for MH in the town

From Pete:

Hi, I‘ve just found your excellent Mike Hawthorn site – you might be interested in the following for the results page...

[Thanks Pete, have used - Tony]

From Julian:

Really nice site - Mike needed this! I've been on here over four hours and still reading....