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29 de jun. de 2023 · Richie Ginther – Retirement. Ginther retired from F1 at the end of 1967, having won one race and scored 14 podiums in 52 starts. He then moved to Mexico, where he worked as a car dealer and a racing instructor. He died on September 20, 1989, in France, from a heart attack.
Richie GINTHER. A partir des années 60, les pilotes américains commencent à s'impliquer de plus en plus dans la F1. Richie Ginther fait partie des meilleurs. Né à Hollywood, Paul commence sa carrière dans les voitures de sport, avec des Ferrari inscrites à titre privé. En 1954, il réussit à se classer second de la Carrera Panamerica.
Richie was a hot rodder when he met road racer Phil Hill in the early 1950s. Ginther helped Phil prepare his cars and raced twice himself in an MG with a Ford V-8 60 engine, finishing third at Pebble Beach in 1951. He then spent two years in Korea as a helicopter mechanic. After his return, Phil was driving for John von Neumann and Richie ...
Richie Ginther was the smallest worthwhile driver in Grand Prix racing during the 1960s. The freckle-faced little Californian stood about 5 foot 6 inches tall and weighed 130 pounds. There wasn't much of him, but as Honda's number one driver he scored their first ever Formula One World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix victory, when he won the ...
For many years, it was thought that Richie Ginther, one of Formula One’s best known drivers of the 1960s, later became an angry, reclusive and drunken bum. The classic, archetypal hero-to-zero tale. In addition to this, as a racer he was thought incapable of ever winning and lacking the inherent talent to be a success.
Richie Ginther (Hollywood, Califòrnia, 5 d'agost de 1930 - 20 de setembre de 1989) fou un pilot nord-americà de Fórmula 1. Va debutar el 29 de maig de 1960 al Gran Premi de Mònaco del 1960 conduint un Ferrari amb qui correria també l'any següent.
Paul Richard "Richie" Ginther (August 5, 1930 - September 20, 1989) was an American racing driver who competed in Formula One between 1960 and 1967, scoring one win.He drove for Ferrari, Scarab, BRM, Honda, Cooper and Eagle during a career which spanned eight seasons.. He scored Honda's first ever win when he won the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix.Subsequent Honda victories were recorded by John ...
