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Johnny Cecotto

1956 - Today

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Johnny Alberto Cecotto Persello (born 25 January 1956), better known as Johnny Cecotto, is a Venezuelan former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer and auto racer. He rose to prominence as a teenage prodigy in 1975 when he became the youngest motorcycle road racing world champion at the age of 19. Despite the auspicious beginning to his motorcycle racing career, he suffered numerous injuries and mechanical problems which curtailed his success in motorcycle Grand Prix racing. At the age of 24, Cecotto turned his attention to auto racing where he reached the pinnacle of the sport as a Formula One driver. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johnny Cecotto is the 169th most popular racing driver (down from 164th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Johnny Cecotto ranks 169 out of 1,080. Before him are Chris Bristow, Olivier Gendebien, Raymond Sommer, Sandro Munari, Alan Stacey, and Louis Rosier. After him are Manfred Winkelhock, Luigi Taveri, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Guy Edwards, Luigi Villoresi, and Derek Warwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Johnny Cecotto ranks 150. Before him are Mitsugu Nomura, Carlo Rovelli, Alejandro Giammattei, José Luis Brown, Hans Enoksen, and Jack Sherman. After him are Momir Bulatović, Cecilia Roth, Zinaida Greceanîi, K. A. Applegate, Saadeddine Othmani, and Zlatko Kranjčar.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Johnny Cecotto ranks 26 out of 183. Before him are Arturo Sosa (1948), José Antonio Abreu (1939), Ramón José Velásquez (1916), Teresa Carreño (1853), José Gregorio Hernández (1864), and Rafael Urdaneta (1788). After him are Cipriano Castro (1858), Rafael de Nogales Méndez (1879), Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (1944), Jaime Lusinchi (1924), Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829), and Eleazar López Contreras (1883).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Venezuela

Among racing drivers born in Venezuela, Johnny Cecotto ranks 1. After him are Pastor Maldonado (1985), and Rodolfo González (1986).

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