The Most Famous
RACING DRIVERS from Luxembourg
This page contains a list of the greatest Luxembourger Racing Drivers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,080 Racing Drivers, 1 of which were born in Luxembourg. This makes Luxembourg the birth place of the 40th most number of Racing Drivers behind Croatia, and Libya.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Luxembourger Racing Drivers of all time. This list of famous Luxembourger Racing Drivers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Bertrand Gachot (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 50.63, Bertrand Gachot is the most famous Luxembourger Racing Driver. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Bertrand Jean Gachot (French pronunciation: [bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ ɡa.ʃo]; born 23 December 1962) is a Belgian and French former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1989 to 1995. In endurance racing, Gachot won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 with Mazda. Born in Luxembourg to a French father and German mother, Gachot began competitive kart racing aged 15 before attending the Winfield Racing School at Paul Ricard in 1983. Gachot enjoyed some success in the junior formulae, winning titles in Formula Ford before progressing through Formula 3 and Formula 3000, reaching Formula One in 1989. After winning the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans, Gachot was sentenced to 18 months in prison for an aggravated assault that had occurred the previous December. He was released after two months on appeal, but was replaced by debutant Michael Schumacher, Roberto Moreno and Alessandro Zanardi for the remainder of the 1991 season.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Luxembourger racing drivers born between 1962 and 1962. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Luxembourger racing drivers include Bertrand Gachot.
