Darren Turner
Saturday 13th April 1974 Born on this day, Darren Turner, English racing driver. He was McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year in 1996 and a former test driver for the McLaren Formula One team, but has raced primarily in touring cars and sportscars since 2000.
Marc Gene
Friday 29th March 1974 Born on this day, Marc Gene, Spanish motor racing driver, known as a tester for Williams and Ferrari in Formula One, Minardi Formula One driver and factory driver for Peugeot’s Le Mans team, with which he won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Sébastien Loeb
Tuesday 26th February 1974 Born on this day, Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver and winner, with co-driver Daniel Elena, of the World Rally Driver’s Championship title in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and of a record ten World Rallies in 2005. In 2004, he won the Nations’ Cup for France with Jean Alesi.
Jamie Davies
Saturday 16th February 1974 Born on this day, Jamie Davies, English racing driver, winner of the 2002 British GT Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2003 and the Le Man Series in 2004.
Alexander Wurz
Friday 15th February 1974 Born on this day, Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver. The son of the Austrian Rallycross star Franz Wurz, Alex didn’t impress in the lower formulae and went largely unrated until he suddenly won the 1996 Le Mans 24 hours race, partnered with Davy Jones and Manuel Reuter, becoming its youngest-ever victor.…
Toranosuke Takagi
Tuesday 12th February 1974 Born on this day, Toranosuke Takagi, arguably the best Oriental ever to try his hand at Formula 1. He spent most of his time with Tyrrell in 1998 and with Arrows in 1999 learning new and a totally different culture. Immensely quick, but often beyond the limit, his race performances were…
Christian Horner
Friday 16th November 1973 Born on this day, Christian Horner, Team Principal of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.
Peter Dumbreck
Saturday 13th October 1973 Born on this day, Peter Dumbreck, racing driver from Scotland who took the 1998 Japanese Formula 3 title with a record-breaking eight wins out of ten races. In 1999 Peter he momentarily shot to world prominence when he not only survived but walked away uninjured from a horrifying high speed incident…
Kevin McGarrity
Friday 3rd August 1973 Born on this day, Kevin McGarrity, Northern Irish racing driver from Belfast who won the Formula Ford Festival in 1995 after finishing second in the British Formula Ford series.
Giancarlo Fisichella
Sunday 14th January 1973 Born on this day, Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian who has driven in Formula One for Renault, Sauber, Jordan, Benetton, Minardi, and Force India team, with 3 wins and 19 podium finishes.Fisichella got his first chance by Minardi, initially as a test driver for 1995 while he was racing for Alfa Romeo in…
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