Motorsport: Tom Walkinshaw dead at 64

Former Formula One team Arrows boss and Gloucester rugby club chairman Tom Walkinshaw has died at age 64, the rugby club has confirmed.

Walkinshaw, who had been suffering from cancer, was a former racing driver whose F1 career began with Benetton after successes at Le Mans and in touring cars with Jaguar.

The Scotsman brought Ross Brawn along with him and then helped lure Michael Schumacher to the team from Jordan.

Walkinshaw moved to Ligier after Schumacher's first of seven championships in 1994 before taking over the top position at Arrows two years later.

Arrows - which first raced in 1978 - eventually folded in 2002 after 382 Grand Prixs without a single victory.

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