Monday 17 October 2016

1967 New Zealand's first Formula 1 World Champion

Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme, (1936 - 1992) was a New Zealand racing driver who won the 1967 Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team. Between his debut at Monaco in 1965 and his final race in the 1974 US Grand Prix, he started 112 Grand Prix, resulting eight victories and 33 trips to the podium. Following his Formula One tenure with Brabham, Hulme raced for McLaren in multiple formats - Formula One, Can-Am, and at the Indianapolis 500Hulme was nicknamed 'The Bear', because of his "gruff nature" and "rugged features".


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