RACING DRIVER

Chris Bristow

1937 - 1960

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Christopher William Bristow (2 December 1937 – 19 June 1960) was a British Formula One driver. Bristow was the son of a garage owner from London, and was unmarried. Bristow was called the "wild man of British club racing", as he had spun or had collisions on almost every racetrack on which he had raced. He started four Formula One World Championship races and scored no championship points. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Bristow is the 163rd most popular racing driver (down from 154th in 2019), the 2,348th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,045th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Chris Bristow ranks 163 out of 1,080Before him are Nico Rosberg, Giancarlo Baghetti, Conny Andersson, Richie Ginther, Olivier Panis, and Rauno Aaltonen. After him are Olivier Gendebien, Raymond Sommer, Sandro Munari, Alan Stacey, Louis Rosier, and Johnny Cecotto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Chris Bristow ranks 198Before him are Tom Courtenay, Lusine Zakaryan, Richard Bright, Robert Gallo, Petar Radaković, and Gordon Milne. After him are Luciano Moggi, Dyan Cannon, Milutin Šoškić, Ted Nelson, Moshood Abiola, and Gaston Roelants. Among people deceased in 1960, Chris Bristow ranks 88Before him are Auguste Herbin, Dirk Jan de Geer, Leó Weiner, Ioannis Georgiadis, Feroze Gandhi, and Eric Temple Bell. After him are Johnny Horton, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Massimo Bontempelli, Harold Spencer Jones, Alan Stacey, and Józef Haller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Bristow ranks 2,348 out of 8,785Before him are William Fox (1812), Alex Turner (1986), Julian Lennon (1963), James Stirling (1692), Cary Elwes (1962), and Cecil Beaton (1904). After him are David Stirling (1915), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), John Hughes (1814), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Ken Tyrrell (1924), and Paul W. S. Anderson (1965).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Chris Bristow ranks 24Before him are Roger Williamson (1948), John Watson (1946), David Coulthard (1971), David Purley (1945), Trevor Taylor (1936), and Johnny Herbert (1964). After him are Alan Stacey (1933), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Guy Edwards (1942), Derek Warwick (1954), Martin Brundle (1959), and Divina Galica (1944).