RACING DRIVER

Emilio Zapico

1944 - 1996

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Emilio Rodríguez Zapico (27 May 1944 – 6 August 1996) was a Spanish racing driver. He entered one Formula One Grand Prix, the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix, with the then-struggling Williams team, but failed to qualify. The Williams FW04 that Zapico used was already a year old, and it was later used by Brian McGuire. He later returned to Touring Cars in the 1980s before retiring. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emilio Zapico is the 396th most popular racing driver (up from 476th in 2019), the 1,559th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,702nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Emilio Zapico ranks 396 out of 1,080Before him are Eric van de Poele, Antonio Creus, Peter Whitehead, Eugène Martin, Giorgio Scarlatti, and Georges Berger. After him are Jorge Daponte, Ivor Bueb, Richard Attwood, Tony Crook, Gabriele Tarquini, and Michael May.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Emilio Zapico ranks 511Before him are Orlando Martínez, Gianni Bonichon, Uwe Barschel, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Kansai Yamamoto, and Margaret Avery. After him are Terry Jacks, Botho Strauß, Rita Mae Brown, Fatos Kongoli, Paul Keating, and Alan Woods. Among people deceased in 1996, Emilio Zapico ranks 239Before him are Rene Bond, Hermann Kesten, Ottis Toole, Antonio Creus, Marin Sorescu, and Károly Kárpáti. After him are N. T. Rama Rao, Maati Bouabid, Raymond Salles, George Kojac, Osvaldo Velloso de Barros, and Léon-Étienne Duval.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Emilio Zapico ranks 1,559 out of 3,355Before him are Antonio Creus (1924), Ángel Ganivet (1865), Abel Resino (1960), León Felipe (1884), Antonia San Juan (1961), and Adrián (1987). After him are Pedro Solbes (1942), Urbano Navarrete Cortés (1920), Eladio Silvestre (1940), Rosario Flores (1963), Ana Torroja (1959), and Francisco Martínez Soria (1902).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Spain

Among racing drivers born in Spain, Emilio Zapico ranks 14Before him are Alex Soler-Roig (1931), Paco Godia (1921), Adrián Campos (1960), Jorge Lorenzo (1987), Sito Pons (1959), and Antonio Creus (1924). After him are María de Villota (1980), Dani Pedrosa (1985), Marc Gené (1974), Luis Pérez-Sala (1959), Juan Jover (1903), and Jorge Martínez (1962).