Towards the end of his life, he was elected president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, which post he still held at the time of his death from cancer on 22 October 1993, at Reading, Berkshire, England.
Cara ao final da súa vida, foi elixido presidente do prestixioso British Racing Drivers' Club, cargo que aínda tiña no momento da súa morte por cancro o 22 de outubro de 1993, en Reading, Berkshire, Inglaterra.