RACING DRIVER

Clay Regazzoni

1939 - 2006

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Gianclaudio Giuseppe "Clay" Regazzoni (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈklaudjo dʒuˈzɛppe reɡatˈtsoːni]; 5 September 1939 – 15 December 2006) was a Swiss racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Regazzoni was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1974 with Ferrari, and won five Grands Prix across 11 seasons. Regazzoni competed in Formula One for 11 seasons, winning five Grands Prix. His first win was the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in his debut season, driving for Ferrari. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clay Regazzoni is the 26th most popular racing driver (down from 24th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Racing Driver.

Clay Regazzoni was a racing driver from Switzerland. He won the Formula One World Championship in 1975 and 1977.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Clay Regazzoni ranks 26 out of 1,080. Before him are Jacky Ickx, Ronnie Peterson, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, and Helmut Marko. After him are Giacomo Agostini, Mario Andretti, Alfonso de Portago, Carroll Shelby, Fernando Alonso, and Carlos Reutemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Clay Regazzoni ranks 36. Before him are Barbara Liskov, John Cleese, George Lazenby, Junko Tabei, F. Murray Abraham, and Sidney Altman. After him are Tzvetan Todorov, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Wes Craven, Jorge Sampaio, and Ratko Janev. Among people deceased in 2006, Clay Regazzoni ranks 31. Before him are Anna Politkovskaya, Melvin Schwartz, Lennart Meri, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Jack Palance, and Muriel Spark. After him are Robert Altman, Joseph Barbera, Bülent Ecevit, Paul Mauriat, Alida Valli, and Clifford Geertz.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Clay Regazzoni ranks 75 out of 1,015. Before him are Hans Albert Einstein (1904), Max Frisch (1911), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Siegfried Wagner (1869), Alejo Carpentier (1904), and Domenico Fontana (1543). After him are Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740), Heinrich Wölfflin (1864), Peter Zumthor (1943), Félix Vallotton (1865), Roger Federer (1981), and Niklaus Wirth (1934).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Switzerland

Among racing drivers born in Switzerland, Clay Regazzoni ranks 1. After him are Jo Siffert (1936), Luigi Taveri (1929), Marc Surer (1951), Silvio Moser (1941), Mick Schumacher (1999), Romain Grosjean (1986), Heinz Schiller (1930), Max de Terra (1918), Loris Kessel (1950), Toni Branca (1916), and Jo Vonlanthen (1942).

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