Chris Amon, widely regarded as the finest driver never to have won a Grand Prix, has passed away aged 73.
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Christopher Arthur Amon MBE died this morning at the age of 73 in Rotorua Hospital in New Zealand, having battled cancer the last few years. Amon will likely be remembered as the best driver never to win a Formula One Grand Prix, though he did take a pair of non-championship F1 victories, the Silverstone International Trophy in 1970 with a March 701-Cosworth, and the following year’s Argentinean GP with a Matra MS120. Perhaps his most notable victory came at Le […]
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To celebrate the life of the great Chris Amon we asked Terry Marshall to select a bunch of his favourite pics of the Kiwi racing legend.
1974 Chris Amon - Amon AF101 - Goodwood test
Chris Amon, widely regarded as the best driver never to win a world championship grand prix, has died at the age of 73
1967 24 Hours at Le Mans
Il 3 agosto 2016 è scomparso a 73 anni il neozelandese Chris Amon: nella sua lunga carriera corse in Formula 1 dal '63 al '76 (di cui con Ferrari per tre stagioni) salendo sul podio 11 volte. Tra i suoi successi la vittoria alla 24 Ore di Le Mans 1966 con Ford e la 24 Ore di Daytona del 1967.
Chris Amon in his V12 Ferrari at the tragic Monaco Grand Prix of 1967 during which his team mate Lorenzo Bandini suffered dreadful burns that would prove fatal following a crash near the harbour.
Chris Amon and Jackie Stewart at the British Grand Prix, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, 1967
