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 |
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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 | Equpie Matra Sports | Matra | 9 | 11th | Report |
1972 | Equpie 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 |
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1 | 1970 International Trophy |
2 | 1971 Argentine Grand Prix |
Career Results
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | Pos
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Key | |||||
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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 |
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- ↑ '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)