RACING DRIVER

Onofre Marimón

1923 - 1954

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Onofre Agustín Marimón (19 December 1923 – 31 July 1954) was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 12 Grands Prix between 1951 and 1954. Marimón participated in 12 Formula One Grands Prix, achieving two podiums at the 1953 Belgian and 1954 British Grands Prix, and scoring a total of 8 1⁄7 championship points with Maserati. He also won the non-championship 1954 Rome Grand Prix, driving the Maserati 250F. During practice for the 1954 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, Marimón died after losing control of his Maserati 250F, impacting a ditch and causing a rollover. He was the first fatality at a Formula One Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Onofre Marimón is the 136th most popular racing driver (up from 148th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 185th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Argentinean Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Onofre Marimón ranks 136 out of 1,080. Before him are Carlos Sainz Jr., Sébastien Loeb, Stefan Johansson, Jacques Villeneuve, Satoru Nakajima, and Reine Wisell. After him are Gunnar Nilsson, Guy Ligier, Giancarlo Fisichella, Mika Salo, John Watson, and Ove Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Onofre Marimón ranks 147. Before him are Hjalmar Andersen, Svetozar Gligorić, Achille Silvestrini, Estelle Getty, Inge Morath, and Lindsay Anderson. After him are Cheikh Anta Diop, Carl Djerassi, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Peter Lawford, Wes Montgomery, and Harrison Dillard. Among people deceased in 1954, Onofre Marimón ranks 61. Before him are Marius Jacob, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Friedrich Meinecke, Ahmed Nihad, Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, and William Hoyt. After him are Claude Cahun, Herms Niel, Wilhelm Brückner, Clyde Cessna, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, and Pat McDonald.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Onofre Marimón ranks 164 out of 1,154. Before him are Ariel Ortega (1974), Carlos Peucelle (1908), Emiliano Martínez (1992), Linda Cristal (1934), Antonio Caggiano (1889), and Roberto Cherro (1907). After him are Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887), Roberto Ayala (1973), Víctor Manuel Fernández (1962), Alfio Basile (1943), María Kodama (1937), and Daniel Bertoni (1955).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Argentina

Among racing drivers born in Argentina, Onofre Marimón ranks 4. Before him are Juan Manuel Fangio (1911), Carlos Reutemann (1942), and José Froilán González (1922). After him are Alejandro de Tomaso (1928), Ricardo Zunino (1949), Roberto Mieres (1924), Pablo Birger (1924), Roberto Bonomi (1919), Oscar Alfredo Gálvez (1913), Clemar Bucci (1920), and Carlos Menditeguy (1914).

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