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RACING DRIVER

Tony Maggs

1937 - 2009

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Anthony Francis O'Connell Maggs (9 February 1937 in Pretoria, South Africa – 2 June 2009) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in 27 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 July 1961. He achieved three podiums, and scored a total of 26 championship points. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Maggs has received more than 50,547 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Maggs is the 481st most popular racing driver (down from 401st in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 112th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tony Maggs ranks 481 out of 888Before him are Kamui Kobayashi, Bob Evans, Patrick Gaillard, Ian Ashley, François Mazet, and Wolfgang Seidel. After him are Vitaly Petrov, Jerry Unser Jr., Mike Beuttler, Josef Peters, Max de Terra, and Alberto Colombo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Tony Maggs ranks 391Before him are Magic Slim, Jay Silvester, Detto Mariano, Carlos Campos, Claes Andersson, and Frans De Mulder. After him are Michael Jeffery, Chris Blackwell, Ramón Abeledo, Francesco Janich, James MacArthur, and Georg Thoma. Among people deceased in 2009, Tony Maggs ranks 277Before him are Shōichi Nakagawa, Hugh Hopper, Daniel Jarque, Adriano Directo Emperado, George Russell, and H. C. Robbins Landon. After him are Ricardo Londoño, Godfrey Rampling, Frank Vandenbroucke, Vladimir Fedotov, Ernst Benda, and Feroz Khan.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Tony Maggs ranks 123 out of 374Before him are Stanley Mandelstam (1928), Ted Moore (1914), Tom Naudé (1889), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), Elisabeth Eybers (1915), and Harold Kitson (1874). After him are Corrie Sanders (1966), Janet Suzman (1939), Eddie Kramer (1942), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Cariba Heine (1988), and Paddy Driver (1934).

Among RACING DRIVERS In South Africa

Among racing drivers born in South Africa, Tony Maggs ranks 3Before him are Jody Scheckter (1950) and Ian Scheckter (1947). After him are Paddy Driver (1934), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Peter de Klerk (1935), Eddie Keizan (1944), Doug Serrurier (1920), Desiré Wilson (1953), Neville Lederle (1938), Ernie Pieterse (1938), and Luki Botha (1930).