Richard’s first experiences in the sport in 1960 were with a Triumph TR3, supported by his father who was in the Midland’s motor trade. He was serving his apprenticeship at Jaguar at the time but racing was his focus.

Formula Junior for the next two seasons included that success in Monte Carlo but a broken leg at Albi then sidelined him until Boxing Day. Chosen by BRM as a junior driver for 1964, he finished fourth in the News of the World Trophy at Goodwood with an old P57. The team introduced the four-wheel-drive P67 that year and Attwood ran the car in practice for the British GP without ever intending to race.

Richard also raced the Midland Racing Partnership’s Lola-Cosworth in Formula 2 and finished second at Pau before winning at Aspern.

Richard ‘Dickie’ Attwood competed in 17 World Championship Grands Prix and during his career raced for BRM, Lotus and Cooper. In 1962 his performance in the Monaco GP’s Formula Junior race brought him to the world’s attention, where he finished second in his heat behind Peter Arundell’s works Lotus, and in the final was running second to him again until his engine failed.

In 1964 Richard was offered a drive for the BRM F1 team where he drove the BRM P57 to fourth place in his first race, a non-Championship News of the World Trophy race at Goodwood. His second F1 race came in 1964’s British Grand Prix, where he drove BRM’s experimental four wheel drive P67 but though he managed to qualify the overweight car in last place the team withdrew it before the race.

Richard rejoined the BRM works in 1968 team after competing in the Tasman Series. His return was a good one, taking fastest lap in the Monaco Grand Prix and finished with a strong second place behind Graham Hill.

Richard’s final Formula One start came at 1969’s Monaco GP when he substituted for an injured Jochen Rindt. He finished fourth in the Lotus 49B.

In 1967aving developed a passion for motorsports at an early age – he came into contact with the Porsche brand. He finished second in Zeltweg driving a private Porsche 906 Carrera 6 following which Porsche contracted Richard as a works driver for the World Sportscar Championship in 1969.

He raced in the World Championship in a Porsche 908/02, caming second in both Brands Hatch and Watkins Glen together with Vic Elford. In the season finale in Zeltweg, he finished third with Brian Redman in the 917. Together with Hans Herrmann, he took part in the Nürburgring 1,000 km driving a Porsche 908/03 in 1970 – finishing in 2nd place.

Richard’s win at Le Mans in 1970 is considered to be one of Porsche’s greatest racing successes. After exactly 4,607.811 kilometres or 343 laps, Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann crossed the finishing line first in the legendary Porsche 917 KH from Porsche Salzburg with the start number 23.

After his final race at Le Mans in the Aston Martin Nimrod in 1984, Richard retired from professional racing and started racing his former-Jackie Stewart BRM P261 and other collector-owned historic cars around the world.

In 2019 Richard became Patron-in-Chief of the Historic Sports Car Club (HSSC) with whom he has regularly raced Porsche 928s and 911s.