RACING DRIVER

Jan Flinterman

1919 - 1992

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Johannes Leonardus "Jan" Flinterman (2 October 1919 – 26 December 1992) was a Dutch Royal Air Force pilot during World War II and a racing driver. Together with Dries van der Lof, he was the first driver from the Netherlands to compete in Formula One. Flinterman participated in one World Championship Grand Prix, the 1952 Dutch Grand Prix on 17 August 1952. When he had to retire his Maserati with a failure of the rear axle, he was able to take over the similar car of his team mate, Chico Landi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Jan Flinterman is the 442nd most popular racing driver (down from 440th in 2024), the 806th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 804th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jan Flinterman ranks 442 out of 1,080. Before him are Jan Magnussen, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Bernd Schneider, Hans Binder, Hermann Paul Müller, and Ken Kavanagh. After him are Emanuele Pirro, Graziano Rossi, Hiroshi Fushida, Pedro Lamy, Héctor Rebaque, and Guanyu Zhou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Jan Flinterman ranks 276. Before him are Joe Seneca, Isaak Khalatnikov, Kira Zvorykina, Annemarie Renger, Alain Bosquet, and Isabella Abbott. After him are Jacques Laurent, Masao Takemoto, Bahriye Üçok, Alan Brown, Asbjørn Ruud, and Gayatri Devi. Among people deceased in 1992, Jan Flinterman ranks 220. Before him are Zoltán Lajos Bay, Arvo Ylppö, Morris Kline, Brenda Marshall, William Schuman, and Paul Winter. After him are László Szabados, Zellig Harris, Andor Földes, Per Olof Sundman, Neville Brand, and Ron Woodroof.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Flinterman ranks 806 out of 1,646. Before him are Jaap van Zweden (1960), Harry Steevens (1945), Wilhelmina Cooper (1939), Milly Scott (1933), Thea Beckman (1923), and Dirk Coster (1889). After him are Frans Andriessen (1929), Jan de Hartog (1914), Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Catharina Lodders (1942), Ada Kok (1947), and Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Netherlands

Among racing drivers born in Netherlands, Jan Flinterman ranks 8. Before him are Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Gijs van Lennep (1942), Jan Lammers (1956), Ben Pon (1936), Huub Rothengatter (1954), and Eppie Wietzes (1938). After him are Michael Bleekemolen (1949), Christijan Albers (1979), Roelof Wunderink (1948), Dries van der Lof (1919), Robert Doornbos (1981), and Boy Hayje (1949).

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