Changes: Chris Amon

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Christopher Arthur Amon MBE (born July 20, 1943 in Bulls, New Zealand) is a former motor racing driver who competed in Formula One between 1963 and 1976. He is labelled as one of the best F1 drivers never to win a race.

Amon is third in the list of most podiums without a win, with 11. Nick Heidfeld tops the list, with 13 podiums but no wins to his name. Despite this, he did win two non-championship races; the 1970 International Trophy and the 1971 Argentine Grand Prix.

Amon also has the most career pole positions without a win (5).

Formula One Career

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
1963	Reg Parnell Racing	Lola-Climax Lotus-BRM	0	NC	Report
1964	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus-Climax Lotus-BRM	2	16th	Report
1965	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus-BRM	0	NC	Report
1965	Ian Raby Racing	Brabham-BRM	0	NC	Report
1966	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Maserati	0	NC	Report
1966	Chris Amon	Brabham-BRM	0	NC	Report
1967	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	20	4th	Report
1968	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	10	10th	Report
1969	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	4	12th	Report
1970	March Engineering	March-Ford Cosworth	23	8th	Report
1971	Equipe Matra Sports	Matra	9	11th	Report
1972	Equipe Matra	Matra	12	10th	Report
1973	Martini Racing Team	Tecno	1	21st	Report
1973	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	21st	Report
1974	Chris Amon Racing	Amon-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report
1974	Team Motul BRM	BRM	0	NC	Report
1975	HB Bewaking Team Ensign	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report
1976	Team Ensign	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	2	18th	Report
1976	Walter Wolf Racing	Wolf-Williams-Ford Cosworth	2	18th	Report

Career Statistics

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Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	Pos Template:1963 Results/16 Template:1964 Results/16 Template:1965 Results/16 Template:1966 Results/16 Template:1967 Results/16 Template:1968 Results/16 Template:1969 Results/16 Template:1970 Results/16 Template:1971 Results/16 Template:1972 Results/16 Template:1973 Results/16 Template:1974 Results/16 Template:1975 Results/16 Template:1976 Results/16

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

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 {{1963 Results/16|{{DNS}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|7th|7th|{{Ret}}|{{DNS}}||{{Ret}}||0|NC}}
 {{1964 Results/16|{{DNQ}}|{{5th}}|{{Ret}}|10th|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}||{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|2|16th}}
-{{1965 Results/16||||{{Ret}}|{{DNS}}||{{Ret}}|||0|NC}}
+{{1965 Results/16||||{{Ret}}|{{DNS}}||{{Ret}}||||0|NC}}
-{{1966 Results/16|||{{8th}}||||{{DNQ}}||||0|NC}}
+{{1966 Results/16|||{{8th}}||||{{DNQ}}|||0|NC}}
 {{1967 Results/16||{{3rd}}|{{4th}}|{{3rd}}|{{Ret}}|{{3rd}}|{{3rd}}|{{6th}}|7th|{{Ret}}|9th|20|4th}}
 {{1968 Results/16|{{4th}}|{{Ret}}||{{Ret}}|{{6th}}|10th|{{2nd}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|10|10th}}
 {{1969 Results/16|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{3rd}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}||||||4|12th}}
 {{1970 Results/16|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{2nd}}|{{Ret}}|{{2nd}}|{{5th}}|{{Ret}}|8th|7th|{{3rd}}|{{5th}}|{{4th}}|23|8th}}
+{{1971 Results/16|{{5th}}|{{3rd}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}|{{5th}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}||{{6th}}|10th|12th|9|11th}}
+{{1972 Results/16|{{DNS}}|15th|{{Ret}}|{{6th}}|{{6th}}|{{3rd}}|{{4th}}|15th|{{5th}}|{{Ret}}|{{6th}}|15th|12|10th}}
+{{1973 Results/16|||||{{6th}}|{{Ret}}|||{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}||{{DNS}}||10th|{{DNS}}|1|21st}}
+{{1974 Results/16||||{{Ret}}||{{DNS}}|||||{{DNQ}}||{{DNQ}}|{{NC}}|9th|0|NC}}
+{{1975 Results/16||||||||||||12th|12th||0|NC}}
+{{1976 Results/16||14th|8th|{{5th}}|{{Ret}}|13th|{{Ret}}|{{Inj}}|{{Ret}}|{{Ret}}||||{{DNS}}|||2|18th}}
 {{Career Results end}}
 ===Notes===
 [[Category:1943 births]]