RACING DRIVER

Rolf Stommelen

1943 - 1983

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Rolf Johann Stommelen (German pronunciation: [ʁɔlf ˈjoːhan ˈʃtoːmeln̩]; 11 July 1943 – 24 April 1983) was a German racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1969 to 1978. In endurance racing, Stommelen was a four-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona with Porsche. Stommelen participated in 63 Formula One Grands Prix, achieving one podium and 14 championship points. He also participated in several non-championship Formula One races. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rolf Stommelen is the 110th most popular racing driver (up from 125th in 2019), the 2,241st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,478th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Rolf Stommelen ranks 110 out of 1,080. Before him are Jarno Saarinen, Juha Kankkunen, Henri Toivonen, Max Verstappen, Colin McRae, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. After him are Stig Blomqvist, Charles Leclerc, Markku Alén, Jean Behra, Riccardo Paletti, and Tommi Mäkinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Rolf Stommelen ranks 187. Before him are Tadao Onishi, Louis E. Brus, Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Surayud Chulanont, Jean Zerbo, and Martin Campbell. After him are Edward Herrmann, Charles H. Bennett, Joan Manuel Serrat, Nicolae Văcăroiu, Jil Sander, and John Eliot Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1983, Rolf Stommelen ranks 70. Before him are Arno Babajanian, Miguel Alemán Valdés, Sharof Rashidov, Manuel Ferreira, Arturo Umberto Illia, and László Budai. After him are Piero Sraffa, Dennis Wilson, Ferenc Plattkó, Ivan Vinogradov, Salo Flohr, and Josep Lluís Sert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rolf Stommelen ranks 2,242 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683), Kai Hansen (1963), Marianne Koch (1931), Fritz Wepper (1941), Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749), and Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967). After him are Adelbert Schulz (1903), Heinz Jost (1904), Wilhelm Peters (1815), Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852), and Adolph Diesterweg (1790).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Rolf Stommelen ranks 10. Before him are Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Walter Röhrl (1947), Rudolf Caracciola (1901), Sebastian Vettel (1987), Ralf Schumacher (1975), and Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967). After him are Nico Hülkenberg (1987), Stefan Bellof (1957), Hans Herrmann (1928), Nico Rosberg (1985), Manfred Winkelhock (1951), and Karl Kling (1910).

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