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Louis Aimé |
Trintignant |
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Born
109
years ago.
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Died 79 years ago.
(
20
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5
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, aged 30
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Pierre |
Louis-Dreyfus |
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Born
104
years ago.
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Died 1 years ago.
(
15
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1
/2011)
, aged 103
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Hans |
Ruesch |
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Hans Ruesch won 27 Grand Prix before the war and is probably the last remaining pre-war Grand Prix winner. After racing he became a best selling novelist before turning his attention to the animal rights movment, establishing a foundation in Switzerland to campaign against vivisection.
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Born
99
years ago.
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Died 5 years ago.
(
27
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8
/2007)
, aged 94
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Jean |
Rédélé |
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Founder of the Alpine company, he won a number of races before concentrating on building and running his company that eventually became the competition department of Renault.
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Born
90
years ago.
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Died 5 years ago.
(
10
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8
/2007)
, aged 85
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90 years ago
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Arthur |
Gill |
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Arthur was a regular in 500cc F3 racing with his Cooper-JAP during 1951, achieving a number of good placings. After turning down a test in the works F2 Cooper-Bristol for 1952, he switched to a Mackson with limited success.
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Born
86
years ago.
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Died 4 years ago.
(
6
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11
/2008)
, aged 82
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Peter |
Mutton |
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Born
81
years ago.
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Died 53 years ago.
(
19
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9
/1959)
, aged 28
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Alan |
Minshaw |
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Born
77
years ago.
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Mikko |
Kozarowitsky |
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Born
64
years ago.
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David |
Parsons |
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Born
55
years ago.
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Anthony |
Reid |
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Top touring car driver, Reid almost made into F1 after being offered a drive by the Jordan F1 Team. Unfortunately he couldn't get the budget together but continued to carve out a good career in sports cars and saloons.
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Born
55
years ago.
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Albert |
Clément |
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Born
129
years ago.
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Died 105 years ago.
(
17
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5
/1907)
, aged 24
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Jerry |
Unser |
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In 1958, Jerry became the first Unser to try to race in the Indianapolis 500. He died as a result of burns sustained in a practice crash there the following year.
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Born
80
years ago.
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Died 53 years ago.
(
17
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5
/1959)
, aged 27
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80 years ago
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John |
Moore-Brabazon |
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Raced a Kaiserpreis Minerva at Brooklands 1907 but is best know as a aviation pioneer and the first person to qualify as a pilot in the United Kingdom.
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Born
128
years ago.
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Died 48 years ago.
(
17
/
5
/1964)
, aged 80
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Scott |
Brayton |
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Born
53
years ago.
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Died 16 years ago.
(
17
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5
/1996)
, aged 37
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