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Colin Chapman

Colin Chapman Biography Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was born on 9 May, 1928 in a suburb of London. He grew...
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Manfred von Brauchitsch

Manfred von Brauchitsch Biography He was called die Pechvogel, the unlucky bird. He was known more for the races that he lost...
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Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton Biography Few drivers have entered Formula One racing with as big a bang as Lewis Hamilton and a...
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David Bruce-Brown

David Bruce-Brown Biography Born in 1887 to wealthy merchant parents, he attended the Allen-Stephenson School in New York City, and...
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Louis Chiron

Louis Chiron Biography Born in August 1899, the son of a French hotelier in Monaco he became that principalities most...
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George Follmer

George Follmer Biography Follmer was born in Phoenix on January 27, 1934, but it was not long before his father,...
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Georges Boillot

Georges Louis Frederic Boillot Biography Georges Louis Frederic Boillot was born in Valentigney, France on August 3rd, 1884 A mechanic...
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Rudolf Caracciola

Rudolf Caracciola Biography Rudolf Caracciola was born in the town of Remagen, Germany on January 30, 1901 the son of...
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Giuseppe Nino Farina

Giuseppe Nino Farina Biography Born in Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy on October 30, 1906. Nicknamed “Nino”, Farina...
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Graham Hill

Graham Hill Biography The inclusion of Graham Hill on my list of the ten greatest drivers is probably the most...
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Fiat’s Men – The Early Years

Fiat Quickly Came Out of Nowhere to Win Racing Events. These Are The People Behind the Success.  When one thinks...
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Jack Brabham

Jack Brabham Biography Jack Brabham was a second generation Aussie who’s grandfather came from the Cockney area of East London....
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Jimmy Clark

Jimmy Clark Biography Jimmy Clark was born in Kilmany, in the county of Fife to a Scottish farming family, roots...
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Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda Biography Andreas Nikolaus Lauda was born to a well-to-do Vienna family on February 22, 1949. His family’s social status...
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Enzo Ferrari

Enzo Ferrari Biography Enzo Ferrari was born in 1898 in Modena Italy. His father, Alfredo, ran a local metal-blacksmith business...
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Guy Moll

Guy Moll Biography He appeared on the starting grid quite suddenly as if dropped from the sky, this young man...
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Denny Hulme

Denny Hulme Biography Denny Hulme was born on June 18, 1936 in Motueka, on the South Island of New Zealand....
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Giulio Ramponi

Giulio Ramponi Biography Giulio Ramponi was born in Milan on 8 January 1902. His father died while he was still...
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René Dreyfus

René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he...
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Jack Brabham (1926 – 2014)

Sir Jack Brabham AO, OBE, triple Formula 1 World Champion, has died at the age of 88. Sir Jack passed...
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Jochen Rindt

Jochen Rindt Biography Rindt was born in Germany in 1942 of Austrian and German parentage. His parents died under Allied...
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Juan Manuel Fangio

Juan Manuel Fangio Biography Affectionately known as “bandy legs” by his many fans, Juan Manuel Fangio was born in Balcarce,...
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Adrian Newey

Adrian Newey Biography Newey was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom on December 26th, 1958. His father was a veterinary surgeon...
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Jimmy Murphy

Jimmy Murphy Biography Jimmy Murphy was born in 1894 but tragedy soon struck the Murphy family when his mother died...
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Ronnie Peterson

Ronnie Peterson Biography Ronnie Peterson was born on 1944 in Örebro, Sweden, the son of an avid racer of moderate accomplishments....
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Mauro Forghieri

Mauro Forghieri Biography In 1961, following an internal upraising, the infamous Laura Affair, Enzo Ferrari fired the entire management team of his company,...
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Camille Jenatzy

Camille Jenatzy Biography Jenatzy’s family, originally from Hungary had settled in Schaerbeek, Belgium where where his father Constant established Jenatzy...
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Luigi Fagioli

Luigi Fagioli Biography Luigi Fagioli was born on June 9th, 1898 to a wealthy family in the small city of...
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Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel Biography Vettel, one of four children was born on July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim, Germany to Norbert and...
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Gilles Villeneuve

Gilles Villeneuve Biography “He’s different from the rest of us, on a separate level …” Jacques Laffite describing Gilles Gilles...
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J. Walter Christie

J. Walter Christie Biography John Walter Christie, the second of four children was born in the landmark Campbell-Christie House in...
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Ettore Bugatti

Ettore Bugatti Biography Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti though his family was French was born in Milan on 15 September 1881. He...
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Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher Biography Michael Schumacher was born on the third of January 1969 to Rolf and Elisabeth Schumacher. The family...
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Jackie Stewart

Jackie Stewart Biography Jackie Stewart’s early involvement with cars was in the family business, Dumbuck Garage, in Dumbarton, Scotland, where he...
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Bernd Rosemeyer

Bernd Rosemeyer Biography On the Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn, just beyond the Langen-Morfelden crossing and set back amongst the trees stands a...
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Leon Thery

Leon Thery Biography Léon Théry was born in 1879. Having started out as a mechanic it was said that his...
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Tazio Nuvolari

Tazio Nuvolari Biography Tazio Nuvolari a legend in his own lifetime, was known as Il Montavano Volante, the Flying Mantuan. He...
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Pietro Bordino

Pietro Bordino Biography Bordino was born in Turin, November 22, 1887. The son of a Fiat caretaker he would spend...
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Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935-2012)

Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche was born on the 3rd of September in 1875 in the village of Maffersdorf, now part...
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John Surtees

John Surtees Biography The eldest of three children, John was born on February 11, 1934 in Tatsfield, England. His father...
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