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RACING DRIVER

Tom Pryce

1949 - 1977

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Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977) was a British racing driver from Wales known for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions, a non-championship Formula One race, in 1975 and for the circumstances surrounding his death. Pryce is the only Welsh driver to have won a Formula One race and is also the only Welshman to lead a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix: two laps of the 1975 British Grand Prix. Pryce started his career in Formula One with the small Token team, making his only start for them at the 1974 Belgian Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Pryce has received more than 1,497,272 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Pryce is the 90th most popular racing driver (down from 88th in 2019), the 1,363rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,444th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 28

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tom Pryce ranks 90 out of 888. Before him are Walter Röhrl, Jochen Mass, Sébastien Loeb, Jacques Villeneuve, Luigi Musso, and Luigi Fagioli. After him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Elio de Angelis, Patrick Tambay, Lucien Bianchi, Björn Waldegård, and Ángel Nieto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Tom Pryce ranks 124. Before him are Michael Richards, Andy Kaufman, Robert Sternberg, Peter Agre, Quini, and Geezer Butler. After him are John Toshack, Brad Davis, Fernando Collor de Mello, Marc Ravalomanana, Bengt Holmström, and Patrick Tambay. Among people deceased in 1977, Tom Pryce ranks 64. Before him are Alia Al-Hussein, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Jan Patočka, Félix Gouin, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and Hans Martin Sutermeister. After him are Bruno Streckenbach, Kamal Jumblatt, Edmond Hamilton, Marien Ngouabi, Oskar Klein, and Jacques Tourneur.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Pryce ranks 1,363 out of 7,765. Before him are Geezer Butler (1949), Robert Darwin (1766), Arthur Machen (1863), Alan Shearer (1970), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), and Steven Berkoff (1937). After him are Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), John Toshack (1949), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), Samuel Wallis (1728), and Edward Lear (1812).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Tom Pryce ranks 17. Before him are Damon Hill (1960), Colin McRae (1968), Alfonso de Portago (1928), Peter Collins (1931), Mike Hailwood (1940), and Roger Williamson (1948). After him are David Purley (1945), David Coulthard (1971), John Watson (1946), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Alan Stacey (1933), and Jenson Button (1980).

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