RACING DRIVER

Roy Salvadori

1922 - 2012

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Roy Francesco Salvadori (12 May 1922 – 3 June 2012) was a British racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1952 to 1962. In endurance racing, Salvadori won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959 with Aston Martin. Born in Dovercourt to parents of Italian descent, Salvadori began competing in Grand Prix motor racing after World War II. His early career successes at tracks such as Silverstone and Snetterton earned him the nickname "King of the Airfields". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Salvadori has received more than 203,997 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Roy Salvadori is the 197th most popular racing driver (down from 171st in 2019), the 2,320th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,196th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Roy Salvadori ranks 197 out of 1,080. Before him are Gerhard Mitter, Jackie Oliver, Bruno Giacomelli, Roberto Moreno, Franz Tost, and Martin Donnelly. After him are Luigi Taveri, Guy Edwards, Marc Surer, Fabrizio Meoni, Silvio Moser, and Phil Read.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Roy Salvadori ranks 206. Before him are Albert Lamorisse, Tetsurō Tamba, Dorothy Dandridge, Luiz Bonfá, Käbi Laretei, and Gene Amdahl. After him are Jack Klugman, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Emile Habibi, René Lévesque, and Jock Stein. Among people deceased in 2012, Roy Salvadori ranks 173. Before him are Vitaly Vorotnikov, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Pierre Sinibaldi, Rashidi Yekini, Simeon ten Holt, and Avraham Adan. After him are Genichi Taguchi, Carlo Rambaldi, Jack Klugman, Christian Marin, Harry Carey Jr., and Albert George Wilson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roy Salvadori ranks 2,320 out of 8,785. Before him are John Scott Haldane (1860), Murray Head (1946), Martin Donnelly (1964), John Machin (1680), Edward Wilson (1872), and Julian Bream (1933). After him are Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Chris Squire (1948), Guy Edwards (1942), Roger Williams (1603), Jamie Dornan (1982), and Gerry Rafferty (1947).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Roy Salvadori ranks 29. Before him are Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Chris Bristow (1937), Bob Anderson (1931), Tony Brooks (1932), Jackie Oliver (1942), and Martin Donnelly (1964). After him are Guy Edwards (1942), Phil Read (1939), Derek Warwick (1954), Richard Robarts (1944), Divina Galica (1944), and Bill Ivy (1942).

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