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Where are they now? - The World Championship drivers

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World Championship - Any driver who competed in an official qualification or race attempt in a race counting for the World Championship from 1950-present. This includes the Indianapolis 500 from 1950-1960 as it was part of the Championship at the time.

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Name
Born
Died
Nat
Born: 22 Sep 1921, Woolwich, London
Died: 07 Nov 1967, Lambeth, London
GB
Born: 10 Jan 1953, Medina, Ohio
 
USA
Born: 17 Oct 1979, Espoo
 
SF
Born: 03 Feb 1917, Dallas, Texas
Died: 08 Mar 1976, Dallas, Texas
USA
Born: 27 May 1961, Algiers, Algeria
 
F
Born: 06 Jan 1926, Los Angeles, California
Died: 01 Feb 2000, Melbourne, Florida
USA
Born: 16 Jul 1928, Los Angeles, California
Died: 23 Nov 2011, Melbourne, Florida
USA
Born: 04 Jul 1960, Salzburg
Died: 30 Apr 1994, Bologna, Italy
A
Born: 05 Feb 1956, Mexico City
 
MEX
Born: 09 Mar 1937, Colne, Lancashire
 
GB
Born: 17 Nov 1929, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Died: 28 Sep 1958, Trenton, New Jersey
USA
Born: 12 Jan 1938, Llangstone, Monmouthshire, Wales
 
GB
Born: 04 May 1925, Fresno, California
Died: 08 Jul 2013, Hillsboro, Oregon
USA
Born: 05 Sep 1939, Mendrisio, nr. Lugano
Died: 15 Dec 2006, Fontevivo, nr. Parma, Italy
CH
Born: 11 Aug 1923, Portland, Oregon
Died: 20 Apr 1952, Dayton, Ohio
USA
Born: 12 Apr 1942, Santa Fe
Died: 07 Jul 2021, Santa Fe
RA
Born: 24 Feb 1936, Paddington, London, England
Died: 24 Jul 1972, in the Rocky Mountains, near Lenado, Colorado
USA
Born: 27 Feb 1939, New York City, New York
Died: 22 Mar 1974, Kyalami Circuit, South Africa
USA
Born: 18 Aug 1927, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
 
GB
Born: 07 Nov 1948, Belo Horizonte
 
BR
Born: 01 Jul 1989, Perth
 
AUS
Born: 21 Aug 1911, Bourne, Lincolnshire
Died: 27 Jun 1997, Bourne, Lincolnshire
GB
Born: 11 Jul 1922, Nuremberg
Died: 15 May 1991, Samedan, Switzerland
D
Born: 06 Jun 1923, Spadry, Arkansas
Died: 31 Aug 1952, Dayton, Ohio
USA
Born: 18 Apr 1942, Mainz-am-Rhein, Germany
Died: 05 Sep 1970, Milan, Italy
A
Born: 17 Jan 1924, Hereford
Died: 08 Jul 1993, Ban Don Kai Thuan, Thailand
GB
Born: 22 Sep 1944, Bicknacre, nr. Chelmsford, Essex
 
GB
Born: 16 Aug 1911, Mount Dennis, Ontario
Died: 02 Jul 1996, San Bernardino, California, USA
USA
Born: 08 Sep 1927, Dixmoore, Illinois
Died: 14 May 1966, Indianapolis, Indiana
USA
Born: 18 Jan 1940, Mexico City
Died: 11 Jul 1971, Norisring Circuit, Germany
MEX
Born: 14 Feb 1942, Mexico City
Died: 01 Nov 1962, Mexico City
MEX
Born: 14 Jan 1934, Buenos Aires
Died: 11 Mar 1977, Buenos Aires
RA
Born: 05 Jun 1908, Turin
Died: 18 Jun 1977, off Rapallo
I
Born: 15 May 1943, Walsall, Staffordshire
Died: 02 Jun 2019, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
GB
Born: 16 Oct 1918, Bordon, Hampshire
Died: 06 Feb 2008, Warwick, Warwickshire
GB
Born: 12 Oct 1943, Gothenburg
Died: 31 Mar 2016, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
S
Born: 24 Feb 1971, Barcelona
 
E
Born: 06 Dec 1948, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
 
SF
Born: 27 Jun 1985, Wiesbaden
 
D
Born: 07 May 1914, Los Angeles, California
Died: 11 Dec 1991, Los Angeles, California
USA
Born: 27 Feb 1925, Huntsville, Texas
Died: 27 Aug 2007, Houston, Texas
USA
Born: 26 May 1906, Columbus, Ohio
Died: 01 Jan 1981, Royal Oak, Michigan
USA
Born: 05 Nov 1905, Chapdes-Beaufort, nr. Clermont-Ferrand
Died: 29 Oct 1956, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris
F
Born: 27 Jul 1968, Sao Paulo
 
BR
Born: 25 Sep 1991, Auburn, California
 
USA
Born: 08 Oct 1954, Bussum, nr. Hilversum
 
NL
Born: 02 Dec 1930, Huntington Park, California
Died: 21 May 1998, Hyde Park, Utah
USA
Born: 12 Jan 1928, Wichita Falls, Texas
Died: 23 Mar 2009, Wichita Falls, Texas
USA
Born: 23 Jul 1942, Vex, Valais
 
CH
Born: 15 Feb 1998, King's Lynn, Norfolk
 
GB
Born: 19 Nov 1925, Chicago, Illinois
Died: 14 Oct 2012, King, Wisconsin
USA
Born: 10 Apr 1914, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Died: 13 Feb 1976, Daytona Beach, Florida
USA
Born: 11 Mar 1930, Mooreland, Oklahoma
Died: 19 May 1997, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
USA
Born: 10 Jun 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 02 Jul 1962, Paris, France
CDN

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