RACING DRIVER

Clay Regazzoni

1939 - 2006

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Gianclaudio Giuseppe "Clay" Regazzoni (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈklaudjo dʒuˈzɛppe reɡatˈtsoːni]; 5 September 1939 – 15 December 2006) was a Swiss racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Regazzoni was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1974 with Ferrari, and won five Grands Prix across 11 seasons. Regazzoni competed in Formula One for 11 seasons, winning five Grands Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clay Regazzoni has received more than 1,146,485 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Clay Regazzoni is the 24th most popular racing driver (down from 22nd in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Racing Driver.

Clay Regazzoni was a racing driver from Switzerland. He won the Formula One World Championship in 1975 and 1977.

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  • 2.34

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Clay Regazzoni ranks 24 out of 1,080. Before him are Ronnie Peterson, Helmut Marko, Keke Rosberg, Jacky Ickx, Mario Andretti, and Jim Clark. After him are Graham Hill, François Cevert, Jack Brabham, Nigel Mansell, Giacomo Agostini, and Alfonso de Portago.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Clay Regazzoni ranks 33. Before him are Michèle Mercier, Richard Kiel, Marie Laforêt, John Cleese, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, and F. Murray Abraham. After him are Ali MacGraw, Tzvetan Todorov, Jorge Sampaio, Marvin Gaye, Paul Hogan, and Jean-Marie Lehn. Among people deceased in 2006, Clay Regazzoni ranks 30. Before him are Melvin Schwartz, Desmond Doss, Choi Kyu-hah, Muriel Spark, Joseph Barbera, and Jack Palance. After him are Robert Altman, Lennart Meri, Raymond Davis Jr., Alida Valli, Clifford Geertz, and Alexander Litvinenko.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Clay Regazzoni ranks 69 out of 1,015. Before him are Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Hans Küng (1928), Siegfried Wagner (1869), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Richard R. Ernst (1933), and Alexandre Yersin (1863). After him are Lys Assia (1924), Peter Zumthor (1943), Domenico Fontana (1543), Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740), Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778), and Alejo Carpentier (1904).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Switzerland

Among racing drivers born in Switzerland, Clay Regazzoni ranks 1. After him are Jo Siffert (1936), Albert Scherrer (1908), Luigi Taveri (1929), Marc Surer (1951), Silvio Moser (1941), Romain Grosjean (1986), Max de Terra (1918), Toni Branca (1916), Jo Vonlanthen (1942), Franco Forini (1958), and Mick Schumacher (1999).

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