Maranello, 3 August, 2016
The New Zealand racing driver Chris Amon has died of cancer at the age of
73. He is acknowledged as one of the most talented racing drivers of all
time, despite the fact that he never won a Formula 1 Grand Prix, out of a
total of 108 in which he took part. He drove 27 of them for Scuderia Ferrari
from 1967 to ’69, taking three pole positions in the 312 F1. However, all too
often, when heading for the win, a mechanical failure or some unbelievable
problem, robbed him of victory. Amon won the 1969 Tasman Series in
Maranello’s Dino 246, beating drivers of the calibre of Jochen Rindt, who
went on to be F1 world champion (posthumously) the following year and
Piers Courage.
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