RACING DRIVER

Willy Mairesse

1928 - 1969

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Willy Mairesse (French pronunciation: [wi.li mɛ.ʁɛs]; 1 October 1928 – 2 September 1969) was a Formula One and sports-car driver from Belgium. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1960. He achieved one podium and scored a total of seven championship points. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willy Mairesse has received more than 91,251 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Willy Mairesse is the 152nd most popular racing driver (down from 135th in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 325th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Willy Mairesse ranks 152 out of 1,080. Before him are Stuart Lewis-Evans, Hermann Lang, Onofre Marimón, Riccardo Paletti, Ove Andersson, and Richie Ginther. After him are Rauno Aaltonen, Chris Bristow, Ricardo Rodríguez, Louis Rosier, Luigi Villoresi, and Gijs van Lennep.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Willy Mairesse ranks 219. Before him are Fidel Ramos, Ciriaco De Mita, Tom Sharpe, Robert M. Pirsig, Yury Yakovlev, and Reg Park. After him are Saw Maung, Leonid Bykov, Luigi Colani, Anatoly Filipchenko, Jörg Demus, and Pernell Roberts. Among people deceased in 1969, Willy Mairesse ranks 95. Before him are Krzysztof Komeda, Max Weinreich, Léon Scieur, John Wyndham, Eduardo Mondlane, and Jeffrey Hunter. After him are Constantin Ion Parhon, André Salmon, Vesto Slipher, Lajos Czeizler, Aleksandras Stulginskis, and Ismail al-Azhari.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Willy Mairesse ranks 388 out of 1,190. Before him are François de Cuvilliés (1695), Jan Wildens (1586), Joris Hoefnagel (1542), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Sœur Emmanuelle (1908), and Joseph Cardijn (1882). After him are Godfrey I, Count of Namur (1068), Victor Boin (1886), Alof de Wignacourt (1547), Benoît Sokal (1954), Briek Schotte (1919), and Raoul Lambert (1944).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Belgium

Among racing drivers born in Belgium, Willy Mairesse ranks 5. Before him are Jacky Ickx (1945), Max Verstappen (1997), Thierry Boutsen (1957), and Camille Jenatzy (1868). After him are Olivier Gendebien (1924), Charles de Tornaco (1927), Arthur Legat (1898), Georges Berger (1918), Patrick Nève (1949), Eric van de Poele (1961), and Jacques Swaters (1926).

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