RACING DRIVER

Carlos Reutemann

1942 - 2021

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Carlos Alberto "Lole" Reutemann (12 April 1942 – 7 July 2021) was an Argentine racing driver and politician, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1982 and served as the Governor of Santa Fe from 1999 to 2003. Reutemann was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1981 with Williams and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (45); he won 12 Grands Prix across 11 seasons. A member of the Justicialist Party, he was a National Senator for Santa Fe from 2003 until his death in 2021. As a racing driver, Reutemann was among Formula One's leading protagonists between 1972 and 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Reutemann is the 32nd most popular racing driver (down from 31st in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 36th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Racing Driver.

Carlos Reutemann is a former racing driver from Argentina. He competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1982, driving for teams including Brabham, Lotus and Williams. He won the 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix and the 1980 United States Grand Prix.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Carlos Reutemann ranks 32 out of 1,080. Before him are Clay Regazzoni, Giacomo Agostini, Mario Andretti, Alfonso de Portago, Carroll Shelby, and Fernando Alonso. After him are John Surtees, Gerhard Berger, Mika Häkkinen, Mike Hawthorn, Jochen Mass, and Carlos Sainz.

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Among people born in 1942, Carlos Reutemann ranks 79. Before him are Tobin Bell, Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, Martin Seligman, Françoise Dorléac, and Wolfgang Schäuble. After him are Junichiro Koizumi, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Peter Greenaway, Felipe González, Michael Crichton, and Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat. Among people deceased in 2021, Carlos Reutemann ranks 47. Before him are Jorge Sampaio, Antony Hewish, Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, Robert Mundell, and Toshihide Maskawa. After him are Sonny Chiba, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Colin Powell, Richard Rogers, Chick Corea, and Bernard Haitink.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Carlos Reutemann ranks 35 out of 1,154. Before him are César Luis Menotti (1938), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Daniel Passarella (1953), Leonardo Sandri (1943), Richard Walther Darré (1895), and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (1971). After him are Hernán Crespo (1975), Alberto Fernández (1959), Marcelo Bielsa (1955), Luis Monti (1901), Reynaldo Bignone (1928), and Javier Zanetti (1973).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Argentina

Among racing drivers born in Argentina, Carlos Reutemann ranks 2. Before him are Juan Manuel Fangio (1911). After him are José Froilán González (1922), Onofre Marimón (1923), Alejandro de Tomaso (1928), Ricardo Zunino (1949), Roberto Mieres (1924), Pablo Birger (1924), Roberto Bonomi (1919), Oscar Alfredo Gálvez (1913), Clemar Bucci (1920), and Carlos Menditeguy (1914).

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