The first American to become World Champion had a love/hate relationship with the sport. Profoundly intelligent and deeply sensitive, he was also remarkably candid about personal demons that caused in
Norman Graham Hill was born in north London on February 15, 1929. He claimed he inherited his determination from his mother and his sense of humour from his father, a stock broker. Both qualities were
Had he been born a decade earlier John Michael Hawthorn might have been a heroic Spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain. Instead, the circumstances in his formative years led him into motorsport and
5 – Sebastian Vettel
Team Ferrari
Country Germany
Podiums 86
Points 2108
Grands Prix entered 179
World Championships 4
Highest race finish 1 (x42)
Highest grid position 1
Date of birth July 3r
Fangio flourished in Formula One racing when the world championship was in its infancy and he was a comparatively ‘Old Man’ – which is what his admiring rivals called the aging geniu
John Arthur ‘Jack’ Brabham, was born on April 2, 1926, in Hurstville, an Australian town near Sydney where his father was a greengrocer. From an early age Jack was far less interested in f
Giuseppe Antonio ‘Nino’ Farina was always destined to be involved in the automotive world, though not necessarily as a driver. On the day of his son’s birth, October 30, 1906, Nino’
Denny Hulme’s father Clive was a World War II hero who won the Victoria Cross for bravery as a sniper in a bloody battle on the island of Crete. On his return home, to Te Puke on New ZealandR
James Simon Wallis Hunt, born on August 29, 1947, into the family of a London stockbroker, was an unruly child: hyperactive, contrary and persistently rebellious. As a self-confident, competitive and
44 – Lewis Hamilton
Team Mercedes
Country United Kingdom
Podiums 104
Points 2247
Grands Prix entered 188
World Championships 3
Highest race finish 1 (x53)
Highest grid position 1
Date of birth
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