RACING DRIVER

Rudolf Caracciola

1901 - 1959

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Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola (30 January 1901 – 28 September 1959) was a German racing driver. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times. He also won the European Hillclimbing Championship three times – twice in sports cars, and once in Grand Prix cars. Caracciola raced for Mercedes-Benz during their original dominating Silver Arrows period, named after the silver colour of the cars, and set speed records for the firm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Caracciola is the 71st most popular racing driver (down from 57th in 2019), the 1,551st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,309th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Rudolf Caracciola ranks 71 out of 1,080. Before him are Alan Jones, Tazio Nuvolari, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Jo Bonnier, Jean Alesi, and Hannu Mikkola. After him are Elio de Angelis, Patrick Tambay, Jacques Laffite, Jacques Villeneuve, Maurice Trintignant, and Ángel Nieto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Rudolf Caracciola ranks 79. Before him are Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Barbara Cartland, Arthur Samuel, Zhang Xueliang, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Milada Horáková. After him are Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Yang Kaihui, Ödön von Horváth, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, and Hendrik Verwoerd. Among people deceased in 1959, Rudolf Caracciola ranks 44. Before him are Edward C. Tolman, John Foster Dulles, Ichirō Hatoyama, Mario Lanza, Sisavang Vong, and Sidney Bechet. After him are Olga Knipper, Barthélemy Boganda, Zhang Jinghui, Grock, Elias, Duke of Parma, and Edvard Eriksen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Caracciola ranks 1,551 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf Diels (1900), William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330), Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875), Theodor Escherich (1857), Willi Herold (1925), and Carl Heinrich Graun (1704). After him are Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Albert of Saxony (1316), and Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1597).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Rudolf Caracciola ranks 6. Before him are Michael Schumacher (1969), Jochen Rindt (1942), Jochen Mass (1946), Wolfgang von Trips (1928), and Walter Röhrl (1947). After him are Sebastian Vettel (1987), Ralf Schumacher (1975), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), Nico Hülkenberg (1987), and Stefan Bellof (1957).

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