News Details

Remembering the last American born Grand Prix winner

Phillip van Osten 27/02/2025 at 12:4527/02/2025 at 12:34 ©PeteBiro As extraordinary as it may seem, the late Peter Revson, born on this day in 1939, remains the last American born driver to have won an F1 Grand Prix. After unfruitful attempts to garner success in F1 in the mid-sixties, Revson returned to the pinnacle of motorsport in 1972, better prepared and as a McLaren works driver who had won the Can-Am series the year before. Armed with McLaren's M23, Revson won twice in 1973 but at the end of the year, when team boss Teddy Mayer decided to make way for Emerson Fittipaldi, Revson was forced to move on. He signed up with Don Nichols' promising Shadow outfit for 1974 but, sadly, it...
Full Story »
5mo ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sainz named a director of Grand Prix Drivers...

©Williams Phillip van Osten 23/02/2025 at 10:5223/02/2025 at 11:40...
5mo ago from F1i.com

Remembering the man who conquered F1's most thrilling...

Phillip van Osten 21/02/2025 at 11:4521/02/2025 at 10:59
5mo ago from F1i.com

FIA mandates two pitstops to spice up Monaco Grand...

The FIA, following the first World Motorsport Council (WMSC) of 2025,...
5mo ago from GrandPrix247.com

Australian Grand Prix bosses lift post-race fan ban...

Australian Grand Prix organisers announced they have lifted a ban on...
5mo ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Portland – Race Results

The final road course event of the 2025 IndyCar season was contested on...

Will Power victorious after tense battle for the top...

IndyCar tackled the final road course of the season on Sunday, completing...

Alex Palou clinches title, becomes IndyCar’s newest...

Alex Palou is the champion of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series, having locked...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Might go' – Arsenal legend names the Gunners...

Arsenal legend Alan Smith believes it might now be the right time for...
15h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arsenal could bring back former Premier League...

Ademola Lookman has been linked with a return to the Premier League in...
15h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal summer signing Martin Zubimendi praises 2...

Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi has heaped praise on Declan Rice and...
18h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal 3-0 Athletic Bilbao – observations

Arsenal's pre-season fixtures concluded yesterday with a 3-0 win over...
20h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.