RACING DRIVER

Peter Ashdown

1934 - Today

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Peter Hawthorn Ashdown (born 16 October 1934 in Danbury, Essex) is a former motor racing driver. He drove in a single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, racing a Cooper. Ashdown had trained as a vehicle mechanic, and had been a few years in the Royal Air Force when he started racing. First seen in a Dellow with a Ford 10 engine, he continued around 1955 to race in a Lotus Mark IX as a privateer, not being part of any particular racing team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Ashdown is the 752nd most popular racing driver (up from 812th in 2019), the 5,861st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,063rd in 2019) and the 133rd most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Peter Ashdown ranks 752 out of 1,080. Before him are André Testut, Jackie Lewis, Colin Edwards, Bobby Rahal, Hap Sharp, and Francesco Bagnaia. After him are Jimmie Johnson, William Ferguson, Lucas di Grassi, Peter Ryan, Tomáš Enge, and Thierry Neuville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Peter Ashdown ranks 551. Before him are Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Carl Levin, Alan Dundes, Renée Richards, Noel Harrison, and Ioannis Palaiokrassas. After him are Murli Manohar Joshi, Annette Crosbie, Shirley Scott, Peter Masterson, Eddie Harris, and Janet Munro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Ashdown ranks 5,863 out of 8,785. Before him are Nick Griffin (1959), Alex Cox (1954), Shaun Wright-Phillips (1981), George Moorhouse (1901), Alan Hodgkinson (1936), and Bernardine Evaristo (1959). After him are Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), Marian McPartland (1918), Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), Tony Cascarino (1962), and Walter Besant (1836).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Peter Ashdown ranks 133. Before him are Ralph Firman (1975), Stephen South (1952), Archie Scott Brown (1927), Bill Aston (1900), Perry McCarthy (1961), and Jackie Lewis (1936). After him are Justin Wilson (1978), Nigel Stepney (1958), Gary Brabham (1961), Eric Brandon (1920), John Riseley-Prichard (1924), and Alan Rollinson (1943).

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