- Tom Kristensen
Tom Kristensen (born 7th July 1967 in Hobro) is a Danish racing driver. He has won many championships in auto racing but his most famous achievement is being the first person to win the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans seven times, six of which have been consecutive. In 1997, he won the race with the Joest Racing team, driving a Tom Walkinshaw Racing-designed and Porsche-powered WSC95, … - Marco Werner
Marco Werner is a professional racer from Germany. In his early career, Werner was Formula Opel vice-champion in 1990 (behind Mika Häkkinen) and German F3 vice-champion in 1991 (behind Pedro Lamy). Having failed to graduate to Formula 1, Werner switched to sports car racing and touring car racing. Werner was a regular driver in the STW and Porsche Supercup during the 1990s, but he found more success in the 24 Hours of Daytona, which he won in 1995 in a Kremer-Porsche. - Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro, born January 12 1962 in Rome, Italy, is an Italian auto racing driver. Pirro started his racing career in karts at the age of 19. From 1989 to 1991, he was a Formula One driver and participated in 40 grands prix, first for Benetton and later for Scuderia Italia. He scored a total of 3 championship points. After leaving Formula One, Pirro becamed involved in touring car and sports car racing, driving for Audi Sport Team Joest, … - Johnny O'Connell
Johnny O'Connell (born July 24, 1962, Poughkeepsie, New York), is an American racecar driver, currently residing in Flowery Branch, Georgia. He is currently racing primarily in the American Le Mans Series and has a long history of endurance races. O'Connell started racing in the Formula Atlantic series in 1987, winning the Championship and Rookie of the Year. He also spent 1996 in the Indy Racing League, … - Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve - also known as Jacquo or Uncle Jacques (in French L'oncle Jacques) - is the brother of Gilles Villeneuve, and uncle to Jacques Villeneuve (former F1 world champion). He was born on November 4, 1953 in the small town of Berthierville, Quebec, Canada. He is now frequently known as "Uncle Jacques" because of the rise of his nephew. He had a varied motorsport career, taking in Formula Atlantic, CART, Can-Am, … - Rinaldo Capello
Rinaldo Capello (born June 17th 1964 in Asti, Italy), also known as "Dindo Capello", is an Italian endurance racing driver from Italy. Dindo started his racing career in 1976, driving go-karts, but didn't move into single-seaters until 1983, starting in Formula Fiat Abarth. 1990 saw Dindo's first major championship victory, winning the Italian Supertourismo Championship in a Volkswagen Golf. He won the championship again in 1996, but in an Audi A4 this time. - Andy Wallace
Andy Wallace (born February 19, 1961, in Oxford, England) is a professional race car driver from the United Kingdom, who has been racing since 1979. In 1976, a 15-year-old Wallace attended the Jim Russell Racing Drivers' School. He has raced prototype sports cars since 1988, winning over 25 International Sports car races including: * 24 Hours of Le Mans * 24 Hours of Daytona (3 times) * 12 Hours of Sebring (2 times) * Petit Le Mans 1000 miles. - Romain Dumas
Romain Dumas is a French racing driver. He started karting in 1992, moving up to French Formula Renault in 1996 and to French Formula 3 Series in 1998. He tested a Formula 3000 car for Oreca Motorsport in 1999 and a Renault F1 in 2002. In 2004 he tested a Conquest Racing Champ Car, but he never raced in one of this formulas. In 2001 and 2002 he competed in Euro Formula 3000. - Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill Jr. is the only American-born driver to win the Formula One driving championship. Raised in Santa Monica, California, where he still lives, Phil Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to England as a Jaguar trainee in 1949 and signing with Enzo Ferrari’s team in 1956. He made his debut in the French Grand Prix at Reims France in 1958 driving a Maserati. That same year, he won the 24 hours of Le Mans with Belgian team mate Olivier Gendebien, … - Jacky Ickx
Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx (born January 1, 1945) is a Belgian former racing driver who achieved 25 podium finishes in Formula One and six wins in the 24 hours of Le Mans. He was born in Brussels. - Nicolas Minassian
Nicolas Minassian (born February 28, 1973 in Marseille) is a race driver. After finishing second in the 2000 Formula 3000 season, he drove in 2001 for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in CART and the Indianapolis 500 before being released by the team. In 2002 Minassian won the ASCAR oval racing series for RML (Ray Mallock Ltd) before returning to endurance racing including the 24 Hours of Le Mans for such teams as Creation Autosportif and Pescarolo Sport. - Butch Leitzinger
Robert Franklin "Butch" Leitzinger (born February 28, 1969 in Homestead, Pennsylvania) is a professional racecar driver. He is best known as an ALMS driver with Dyson Racing, but he has also driven for the Bentley factory team at Le Mans in 2001 and 2002, for the Cadillac team at Le Mans in 2000 and for Panoz at Le Mans in 1999. Leitzinger has also driven in the GT classification for Risi Competizione at Le Mans in 2003. - Dan Gurney
Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is one of the most important figures in the history of American auto racing. The son of a Metropolitan Opera star, he was born in Port Jefferson, New York, but moved to California as a teenager. He has been a driver, a car manufacturer, and a team owner at racing's highest levels since 1958. He is one of only four US-born drivers (Richie Ginther, Phil Hill, Peter Revson, … - Jan Lammers
Johannes "Jan" Lammers, (born June 2, 1956 in Zandvoort), is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands. He participated in 41 Formula One Grand Prix races, debuting on January 21, 1979. He takes part in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers, as well the 24 Hours of Le Mans in which he runs and races the Racing for Holland-team. Also, Jan Lammers is owner of the Dutch A1 Grandprix team. - Derek Bell
Derek Reginald Bell MBE (born October 31 1941 in Pinner, Middlesex) is a former racing driver from England who was extremely successful in sportscar racing, winning 5 times at Le Mans. He also raced in Formula One for the Ferrari, McLaren, Surtees and Tecno teams. He grew up on a farm and helped to run a caravan site near Pagham Harbour before being encouraged by his stepfather Bernard Hender to take up racing in 1964 with Lotus Seven. - Graham Hill
Norman Graham Hill was an English racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He was born in Hampstead, London. Graham Hill is the only driver to win the so-called "Triple Crown of Motorsport": * the Indianapolis 500 (1966) * the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1972) * the Monaco Grand Prix (1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969) - Hurley Haywood
Hurley Haywood (born May 4, 1948 in Chicago) is an American race-car driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977 (Porsche 936), 1983 (Porsche 956) and 1994 (Dauer-Porsche 962) and is the most winning driver at the 24 Hours of Daytona with 5 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1991). He also drove in the 1980 Indianapolis 500 finishing 18th. He also represented IMSA four times in the International Race of Champions (1986, 1989, 1992, 1995). - Marino Franchitti
Marino Franchitti (born July 17, 1978) is a Scottish race car driver from West Lothian, and the younger brother of Dario Franchitti. He began his career in Formula Vauxhall in 1998. In 2001, he began driving sports cars and won the GTO Championship in the British GT Championship series. He joined his brother in America in 2002, and drove in Grand Am and the American Le Mans Series, winning 1 race in the LMP 675 class. - Bruce McLaren
Bruce Leslie McLaren, born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. His name lives on in Team McLaren which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, with McLaren cars and drivers winning a total of 19 world championships. McLaren cars totally dominated CanAm sports car racing with 56 wins, a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel, … - Christophe Bouchut
Christophe Bouchut (born September 24, 1966 in Voiron) won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993. He currently drives in the FIA GT series. His name is sometimes misspelled Christophe Bouchet. - Pierre Veyron
Pierre Veyron (1 October 1903 - 1970) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver active from 1933 through 1953. He is best-remembered for his 1939 win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving a Bugatti Type 57 with Jean-Pierre Wimille. Today, Bugatti Automobiles SAS' revival of the marque uses Veyron's name on its first car, the Bugatti Veyron. - Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber, called Webbo by some fans, (born August 27, 1976) is an Australian Formula One driver. He was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, son of Alan, the local motorcycle dealer. He is the first Australian to race in Formula One since David Brabham in 1994. After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the UK in 1995 to further his motorsports career. - Luigi Chinetti
Luigi Chinetti was an Italian-born racecar driver, who emigrated to the USA following World War II. Born in Milan, Chinetti eventually moved to Paris where he raced cars and worked as an automobile salesman. Driving an Alfa Romeo entered by his co-driver Raymond Sommer, he won at his very first 24 hours of Le Mans in. The following year, with Louis Chiron as co-driver, he won the SPA 24 Hours endurance race in Belgium. - Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig was one of Germany's best race drivers that did not enter Formula One. Unlike Hans-Joachim Stuck, Rolf Stommelen, Harald Ertl, Hans Heyer and Jochen Mass, he never even raced even single seaters (just doing a few test drives). He is called "König Ludwig" for his success with touring cars and in sports car racing. In the 1970s, Ludwig drove Ford in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, winning in 1979 with a Kremer-Porsche 935. - Al Holbert
Alvah Robert "Al" Holbert (born November 11, 1946 at Abington, Pennsylvania, died September 30, 1988) was an American automobile racing driver who was a five-time champion of the IMSA Camel GT series. The son of racecar driver Bob Holbert, who also ran a Volkswagen-Porsche dealership in Warrington, PA, near Philadelphia, Holbert worked for Roger Penske whilst studying at Lehigh University. - Yannick Dalmas
Yannick Dalmas (born July 28, 1961 in Le Beausset, near Toulon) is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 49 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on October 18, 1987, but qualified for only 24 of them. His best result in F1 was a 5th place at the 1987 Australian Grand Prix, but he was not eligible for World Championship points at that race. Dalmas has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times (in 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1999). - Chris Amon
Christopher Arthur Amon MBE (born 20 July 1943 in Bulls, New Zealand) is a former motor racing driver. He was active in Formula One (F1) racing in the 1960s and 1970s and is widely regarded to be one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship Grand Prix. His reputation for bad luck was such that fellow driver Mario Andretti once joked that "if he became an undertaker, people would stop dying". - John Nielsen
John Nielsen (born 7 February 1956 in Varde, Denmark) won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990. Previously, he won the Macau Grand Prix in 1984. - Milka Duno
Milka Duno (born April 22, 1972 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a female race car driver. She began racing sports cars in Venezuela at the late age of 24. In 1999, she moved to the United States and attended more advanced racing schools and she drove in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2000. Later that year she made her American Le Mans Series debut. She made her 24 Hours of Daytona debut the next year and her 24 Hours of Le Mans debut a year later. - Bob Wollek
Bob Wollek (4 November 1943-March 17 2001), nicknamed "Brilliant" Bob, was a race car driver from Strasbourg, France. He was killed on March 17 2001 at age 57 in a road accident in Florida while riding a bicycle to prepare for the 12 Hours of Sebring. - Mike Hawthorn
John Michael Hawthorn (April 10, 1929 - January 22, 1959) was a racing driver, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex. Hawthorn made his Formula One debut at the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix, finishing an impressive 4th place. This performance is the best ever grand prix debut by any British world champion. He would later win his first Grand Prix, at only the 9th attempt, when he won the 1953 French Grand Prix at Reims. - Reinhold Joest
Reinhold Joest (born 1937) is a former German race car driver and current team owner. During the last 20 years, Joest Racing has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans seven times. - Jean-Pierre Wimille
Jean-Pierre Wimille (February 26, 1908 - January 28, 1949) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Born in Paris, France to a father who loved motor sports and was employed as the motoring correspondent for the Petit Parisien newspaper, Jean-Pierre Wimille developed a fascination with racing cars at a young age. He was 22 years old when he made his Grand Prix debut, … - David Donohue
David Donohue (born January 5, 1967 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American race car driver currently active in the Grand-Am's Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype class for Red Bull Brumos Racing. Also a test driver for the International Race Of Champions (IROC) 2006- The son of racing legend Mark Donohue, David Donohue has accomplished much in a wide variety of auto racing series and classes, including NASCAR's Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series, … - Vic Elford
Victor Henry Elford (born in London, June 10, 1935) is a former sportscar racing, rallying and Formula One driver from England. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on July 7, 1968. He scored a total of 8 championship points. Elford, one of the greatest all-rounder in motorsport history alongside Jacky Ickx, Stirling Moss and others, was mainly a famous sports car competitor as well as a successful rally driver, associated often with Porsche. - Woolf Barnato
Joel Woolf Barnato (27 September 1895 - 27 July 1948) was a British financier and racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s. He achieved three consecutive wins out of three entries in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. He was the son of Barney Barnato, who had made a fortune as a "Randlord" in South African diamond and gold mining. He inherited a multi-million pound fortune at the age of two. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, … - David Hobbs
David Hobbs (b. June 9, 1939) is a British former racing driver currently employed as a SPEED Channel commentator. Hobbs was born in Royal Leamington Spa, England just months before the outbreak of World War II. He has a vast, 30-year history of international driving experience at all levels of motor sports, including sports cars, touring cars, Indy cars, IMSA and Formula One. He has participated in the Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. - Hans Herrmann
Hans Herrmann (born February 23, 1928) is a former Formula One and Sports car racing driver from Stuttgart, Germany. In F1, he participated in 18 Grands Prix, debuting on August 2, 1953. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 10 championship points. In Sports car racing, he also scored the first overall win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Porsche in 1970, on a Porsche 917. - Manuel Reuter
Manuel Reuter (born 6 December 1961 in Mainz) is a former German race car driver. He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice: *in 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans for Sauber-Mercedes *in 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans for Joest Racing He also won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/ITC in 1996 for Opel in a Opel Calibra V6. Reuter continued to rac ein STW Super Tourenwagen Cup for Opel. When Opel retired from the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after 2005, he also retired. - Martin Brundle
Martin Brundle (born June 1, 1959 in King's Lynn, Norfolk) is an English motor racing driver known chiefly as the man who ran Ayrton Senna close in British Formula Three, a journeyman Formula One driver and as an ITV Sport F1 commentator. Brundle never really got the breaks at the top level of single seaters, but when offered opportunities in other disciplines, he took them. He was the 1988 Worlds Sportscar Champion, with a record points haul, …
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