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Ayrton Senna
Brazilian racing driver (1960-1994)
Jules Bianchi
French motor racing driver (1989–2015)
Jim Clark
British racecar driver (1936–1968)
Jochen Rindt
German racing driver (1942–1970)
Gilles Villeneuve
Canadian racing driver (1950–1982)
Roland Ratzenberger
Austrian racing driver (1960–1994)
Bruce McLaren
New Zealand racecar driver, designer and team owner (1937-1970)
Ronnie Peterson
Swedish racing driver (1944-1978)
Michele Alboreto
Italian racecar driver
François Cevert
French racing driver
Elio de Angelis
Italian racing driver (1958-1986)
Luigi Fagioli
Italian racecar driver
Tom Pryce
Welsh racing driver
Wolfgang von Trips
German racing driver (1928-1961)
Justin Wilson
English racing driver (1978–2015)
Peter Collins
British racing driver (1931-1958)
Lorenzo Bandini
Italian racecar driver
Alfonso de Portago
racecar driver (1928-1957)
Dale Earnhardt
American racing driver (1951-2001)
Patrick Depailler
French racecar driver (1944-1980)
Ken Miles
Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles was an English sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the U.S. and with American teams on the international scene. He is an inductee to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. As an automotive engineer, he is known for developing, along with driver and designer Carroll Shelby, the Ford GT40, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. Miles and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari.
Jean Behra
French racing driver (1921-1959)
Ludovico Scarfiotti
racecar driver
Marcel Renault
French racing driver (1872–1903)
Lucien Bianchi
Belgian racing driver (1934-1969)
Pedro Rodríguez
Mexican racecar driver (1940-1971)
Helmuth Koinigg
Austrian Formula One driver (1948–1974)
Stefan Bellof
German racing driver (1957–1985)
Luigi Musso
racecar driver
Ove Andersson
rally driver and Toyota Motorsport boss (1938–2008)
Pierre Levegh
French racing driver (1905-1955)
Dan Wheldon
British racing driver (1978–2011)
Silvio Moser
racecar driver (1941-1974)
Joakim Bonnier
Swedish racing driver
Eugenio Castellotti
Italian racecar driver
Bob Anderson
British racing driver (1931-1967)
Harry Schell
racecar driver (1921-1960)
Craig Breen
Irish rally driver (1990–2023)
Ricardo Rodríguez de la Vega
Mexican racing driver
Felice Bonetto
Italian racing driver
Manfred Winkelhock
German racing driver (1951-1985)
Henri Toivonen
Finnish rally driver (1956–1986)
Louis Rosier
French racing driver
Stuart Lewis-Evans
racecar driver (1930-1958)
Chris Bristow
racecar driver
Roger Williamson
British racing driver (1948–1973)
Joseph Siffert
Swiss racecar and motorcycle driver (1936-1971)
Bill Vukovich
American racing driver
Mike Spence
British racing driver
Anthoine Hubert
French racing driver (1996–2019)
Peter Revson
American racecar driver
Achille Varzi
Italian Grand Prix driver (1904-1948)
Geki
racecar driver (1937-1967)
Riccardo Paletti
Italian racing driver
Ignazio Giunti
Italian racing driver
Jo Schlesser
racecar driver
Rolf Stommelen
German racecar driver (1943–1983)
Onofre Marimón
racecar driver
Peter Whitehead
English racing driver (1914-1958)
Bernd Rosemeyer
German racecar driver and icon of national-socialism