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|birth date = {{Birth date and age|1943|7|20|df=yes}}
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|birth date = {{Birth date|1943|7|20|df=yes}}
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|birthplace = Auckland, New Zealand
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|birthplace = Bulls, New Zealand
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|death date = {{Death date and age|2016|8|3|1943|7|20|df=yes}}
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|placeofdeath = Rotorua, New Zealand
 
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'''Christopher Arthur Amon''' MBE ({{respell|AY|mon}}; 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.
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'''Christopher Arthur "Chris" Amon''' MBE ({{respell|AY|mon}}; born [[July 20|20th July]], 1943 in Bulls, New Zealand - died [[August 3|3rd August]], 2016<ref name=Death>'Chris Amon: Former Ferrari driver dies from cancer at the age of 73', ''bbc.co.uk/sport'', (British Broadcasting Company: Sport, 03/08/2016), http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36961899, (Accessed 03/08/2016)</ref>) was a former motor racing driver who competed in Formula One between {{F1|1963}} and {{F1|1976}}. '''Amon''' was labelled as one of the best F1 drivers never to win a race.
   
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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]].
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'''Amon''' is third in the list of most podiums without a win, with 11, while also holding the record for most poles without a win with five. [[Nick Heidfeld]] tops the former list, with 13 podiums but no wins to his name, although the New Zealander did win two non-championship races: the [[1970 International Trophy]] and the [[1971 Argentine Grand Prix]].
   
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Amon also has the most career pole positions without a win (5).
  
 
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Revision as of 07:31, 16 March 2017

Christopher Arthur "Chris" Amon MBE (AY-mon; born 20th July, 1943 in Bulls, New Zealand - died 3rd August, 2016[1]) was a former motor racing driver who competed in Formula One between 1963 and 1976. Amon was 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, while also holding the record for most poles without a win with five. Nick Heidfeld tops the former list, with 13 podiums but no wins to his name, although the New Zealander did win two non-championship races: the 1970 International Trophy and the 1971 Argentine Grand Prix.


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
Ian Raby Racing Brabham-BRM
1966 Cooper Car Company Cooper-Maserati 0 NC Report
Chris Amon Racing Brabham-BRM
1967 Scuderia Ferrari Spa SEFAC Ferrari 20 4th Report
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Spa SEFAC Ferrari 10 10th Report
1969 Scuderia Ferrari Spa SEFAC 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
Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1974 Chris Amon Racing Amon-Ford Cosworth 0 NC Report
Team Motul BRM BRM
1975 HB Bewaking Team Ensign Ensign-Ford Cosworth 0 NC Report
1976 Team Ensign Ensign-Ford Cosworth 2 18th Report
Wolf-Williams Racing Wolf-Williams-Ford Cosworth

Career Statistics

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Wins

Non-championship only

No. Grand Prix
1 1970 International Trophy
2 1971 Argentine Grand Prix

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

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Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Podium finish DSQ Disqualified
3rd 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)
4thP Qualified for pole position [+] More Symbols

References

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References:

  1. ↑ 'Chris Amon: Former Ferrari driver dies from cancer at the age of 73', bbc.co.uk/sport, (British Broadcasting Company: Sport, 03/08/2016), http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36961899, (Accessed 03/08/2016)
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