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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: 27 Jun 1909, Cologne, Germany
Died: 10 Dec 1991, Ventura, California
USA
Born: 28 Mar 1935, Moers
Died: 24 Apr 2019, Dusseldorf
D
Born: 02 Apr 1940, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
Died: 23 Mar 1981, Edgbaston, Birmingham
GB
Born: 28 Sep 1968, Martinlaakso, Vantaa, nr. Helsinki
 
SF
Born: 18 May 1931, Hampton-in-Arden, nr. Birmingham
Died: 02 Dec 2001, Churston Ferrers, Brixham, nr. Torquay, Devon
GB
Born: 23 Jul 1935, Abilene, Texas
 
USA
Born: 14 May 1926, San Francisco, California
Died: 11 Mar 1992, Pittsboro, Indiana
USA
Born: 30 Apr 1920, Cork, Ireland
Died: 13 May 1994, Sherborne, Dorset
GB
Born: 10 Jun 1926, Pana, Illinois
Died: 20 Jul 2019, Victorville, California
USA
Born: 07 Jan 1985, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
 
GB
Born: 29 Dec 1917, Mickleover, nr. Derby
Died: 25 Aug 1990, Newton Solney, nr. Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire
GB
Born: 13 Jul 1914, Columbus, Ohio
Died: 27 Jun 1994, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
USA
Born: 28 Oct 1919, Westfield, New Jersey
Died: 07 Apr 1966, Orleans, France
USA
Born: 25 May 1939, Mufulira, Zambia
Died: 08 Nov 2021, Durban
ZA
Born: 06 Jul 1906, Ecclesall, Sheffield
Died: 21 Jan 1981, Sheffield
GB
Born: 07 Sep 1936, Enfield, Middlesex
Died: 05 Jan 2014, Epping, Essex
GB
Born: 10 Nov 1989, Palmerston North
 
NZ
Born: 28 Jan 1926, Roanoke, Indiana
Died: 13 Mar 1993, Roanoke, Indiana
USA
Born: 22 Jan 1993, Surakarta
 
RI
Born: 13 Nov 1945, Tokyo
 
J
Born: 13 Jun 1966, Tokyo
 
J
Born: 12 Oct 1937, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Died: 26 May 1969, Oulton Park, Cheshire, England
AUS
Born: 10 Apr 1929, Mexborough, Yorkshire
Died: 22 Jan 1959, Guildford-by-pass, Surrey
GB
Born: 03 May 1949, Amsterdam
 
NL
Born: 03 Jan 1918, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Died: 06 Mar 1981, Northridge, California, United States
CDN
Born: 13 Feb 1922, Moorlage
Died: 13 Aug 1996, Bocholt
D
Born: 10 May 1977, Monchengladbach
 
D
Born: 13 May 1913, Frankfurt-am-Main
Died: 29 Apr 1978, Ludwigshafen
D
Born: 14 Sep 1915, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Died: 11 Nov 1951, Tehachapi, Kern, California
USA
Born: 19 Sep 1946, Castle Donington, Leicestershire
 
GB
Born: 25 Jun 1964, Brentwood, Essex
 
GB
Born: 15 Mar 1926, Topton, Pennsylvania
Died: 18 Jun 1960, West Haven, Connecticut
USA
Born: 23 Feb 1928, Stuttgart
 
D
Born: 30 Dec 1956, Neuilly-sur-Seine, nr. Paris
 
F
Born: 16 Mar 1943, Monchengladbach
 
D
Born: 17 Sep 1960, Hampstead, London
 
GB
Born: 15 Feb 1929, Hampstead, London
Died: 29 Nov 1975, Arkley, nr. Barnet, Hertfordshire
GB
Born: 20 Apr 1927, Miami, Florida
Died: 28 Aug 2008, Salinas, California
USA
Born: 06 Apr 1912, Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania
Died: 01 Aug 1999, Oley, nr. Reading, Pennsylvania
USA
Born: 30 Mar 1910, Lenzburg
Died: 28 Jun 1992, Zurich
CH
Born: 09 Jun 1939, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
 
GB
Born: 28 Feb 1953, Sao Paulo
 
BR
Born: 18 Dec 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: 19 May 1984, Tucson, Arizona
USA
Born: 04 Sep 1920, Indianapolis, Indiana
Died: 01 Mar 1995, Indianapolis, Indiana
USA
Born: 31 Aug 1918, Rock Island, Texas
Died: 05 May 2001, Houston, Texas
USA
Born: 01 Jul 1947, Shizuoka City
 
J
Born: 18 Dec 1915, Russiaville, Indiana
Died: 03 Dec 1996, Volusia, Florida
USA
Born: 29 Jan 1929, Chicago, Illinois
Died: 11 Jul 1955, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
USA
Born: 19 Aug 1987, Emmerich am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen
 
D
Born: 18 Jun 1936, Nelson
Died: 04 Oct 1992, Bathurst Circuit, New South Wales, Australia
NZ
Born: 03 Oct 1927, South Gate, California
Died: 13 Jul 2020, La Palma, California
USA
Born: 29 Aug 1947, Belmont, nr. Sutton, Surrey
Died: 15 Jun 1993, Wimbledon, London
GB
Born: 05 Dec 1932, North Tonawanda, New York
Died: 06 Jan 1989, Port Arthur, Texas
USA
Born: 26 Apr 1937, Atlanta, Georgia
 
USA

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