RACING DRIVER

Willy Mairesse

1928 - 1969

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Willy Mairesse (French pronunciation: [wi.li mɛ.ʁɛs]; 1 October 1928 – 2 September 1969) was a Formula One and sports-car driver from Belgium. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1960. He achieved one podium and scored a total of seven championship points. He committed suicide (overdose of sleeping pills) in a hotel room in Ostend after a crash at the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans forced an end to his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willy Mairesse is the 150th most popular racing driver (up from 152nd in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 389th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Willy Mairesse ranks 150 out of 1,080. Before him are Ricardo Rodríguez, David Coulthard, Thierry Sabine, Ken Block, Jarno Trulli, and David Purley. After him are Stefan Bellof, Juan Pablo Montoya, Trevor Taylor, Johnny Herbert, Dan Gurney, and Hans Herrmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Willy Mairesse ranks 210. Before him are Frank Wolff, Cécile Aubry, Jörg Demus, William Peter Blatty, Sisavath Keobounphanh, and Jack Kevorkian. After him are Luigi Colani, Cy Twombly, Gerard Damiano, Nicolas Roeg, Anatoly Filipchenko, and Édouard Glissant. Among people deceased in 1969, Willy Mairesse ranks 96. Before him are He Long, Claude Dornier, Domingo Tejera, Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, André Salmon, and Georges Catroux. After him are John Wyndham, Eduardo Mondlane, Carlos Marighella, José María Arguedas, Johannes Dieckmann, and Nicolas Grunitzky.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Willy Mairesse ranks 365 out of 1,190. Before him are François de Cuvilliés (1695), Franky Van der Elst (1961), Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880), Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Gustave de Molinari (1819), and Marc Wilmots (1969). After him are Sylvère Maes (1909), Paul Janssen (1926), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), and Jan Wildens (1586).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Belgium

Among racing drivers born in Belgium, Willy Mairesse ranks 4. Before him are Jacky Ickx (1945), Thierry Boutsen (1957), and Max Verstappen (1997). After him are Olivier Gendebien (1924), Camille Jenatzy (1868), Charles de Tornaco (1927), Patrick Nève (1949), Eric van de Poele (1961), Georges Berger (1918), Arthur Legat (1898), and Jacques Swaters (1926).

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