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Karl Jochen Rindt was an Austrian racing driver, born in Mainz, Germany. He is the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Rindt also won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1965.

Born in West Kensington, England, Stirling Moss is said to be the very best F1 driver ever who has never won a championship. He once told an interviewer that he had participated in 525 races overall, as many as 62 in a single year, in 84 different cars. Like many drivers of the era, he competed in several formulae - sometimes at the same time.

Stirling Moss was a pioneer in the British Formula One racing scene and placed second in the Drivers' Championship four times in a row from 1955 to 1958.

F1's world champion of 1996 with Williams Renault was born in Hampstead, England

Born in Bogota, Cololmbia

Robert Michael Doornbos was born on September 23, 1981 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Doornbos made his F1 debut as official test driver for the Jordan F1 Team prior to the 2004 Chinese GP. In 2005, Robert got the chance to replace Patrick Friesacher with the Minardi F1 Team for the last 8 races of the season. During the 2006 season, Doornbos got a contract with Red Bull as a test and reserve driver.

The F1 world champion from 1998 and 1999 with McLaren was born in Helsinki, Finland

This German talented F1 driver from the sixties was born in Munchen, Germany

Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto Galli, nicknamed Nanni is an Italian former saloon and sports-car racer of the 1960s and 1970s. He participated in 20 World Championship grands prix in total, including an outing for Ferrari and 12 for Wiliams F1. He scored no championship points.

Former F1 driver Andretti was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

Irishman Eddie Irvine has teamed up with M. Schumacher at Ferrari during 3 years, and was in a battle for the championship until the last race in 1999, where Hakkinen took his second F1 championship title. Irvine was born in Bangor, Northern-Ireland

This Finnish talent came into F1 through the hands of Peter Sauber, where he teamed up with Felipe Massa. His talents were soon spotted by Ron Dennis, who offered him a seat with McLaren, to replace a retiring Mika Hakkinen. Kimi was born in Espoo, Finland

Heikki Kovalainen was born in Suomussalmi, Finland on 19 October 1981. After a few years with the Renault F1 Team as test and race driver, Heikki moved to McLaren in 2008 with who he won his first ever Grand Prix in Hungary.

Known as being a real racing talent, but however did not manage to break through in Formula One. He won twice the CART championship, but had both legs amputated after a severe crash in Germany 2001 with his CART. Alessandro Zanardi was born in Bologna, Italy

Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone (born in Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies.
His early involvement in the sport was as a competitor and then as a manager of drivers Stuart Lewis-Evans and Jochen Rindt. In 1972 he bought the Brabham team, which he ran for fifteen years. As a team owner he became a member of the the Formula One Constructors Association.