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Chris Irwin

1942 - Today

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Christopher Frank Stuart Irwin (born 27 June 1942 in Wandsworth, London) is a British former racing driver. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 16 July 1966. He scored two championship points. Irwin's career was ended prematurely by an accident he sustained when driving a Ford P68 sports prototype during practice for the 1968 1000km Nürburgring endurance race. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Irwin is the 408th most popular racing driver (up from 411th in 2019), the 3,997th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,797th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Chris Irwin ranks 408 out of 1,080. Before him are Michael May, Masahiro Hasemi, Dieter Quester, Ronnie Bucknum, Gianni Morbidelli, and Ukyo Katayama. After him are Mike Spence, Tom Walkinshaw, Bobby Unser, Marco Simoncelli, Aldo Gordini, and Alfonso Thiele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Chris Irwin ranks 482. Before him are Marcia Wallace, Richard D. Wolff, Gennady Sarafanov, Lola Falana, Pedro Solbes, and Pedro Morales. After him are Danièle Thompson, Paulos Faraj Rahho, Françoise Dürr, John Seale, Graciela Iturbide, and Fernando Vallejo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Irwin ranks 3,998 out of 8,785. Before him are Godfrey Rampling (1909), Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (1378), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Hywel Dda (880), and Gladys Davis (1893). After him are Charles Tate Regan (1878), Andy Green (1962), Peter Perez Burdett (1734), Kim Newman (1959), Andy Taylor (1961), and Mike Spence (1936).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Chris Irwin ranks 72. Before him are Al Pease (1921), John Miles (1943), Peter Whitehead (1914), Ivor Bueb (1923), Richard Attwood (1940), and Tony Crook (1920). After him are Mike Spence (1936), Tom Walkinshaw (1946), Julian Bailey (1961), David Piper (1930), Richard Burns (1971), and Brian Henton (1946).

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