Chris Amon driving the Ferrari Dino 246T004 at Hampton Downs circuit, New Zealand 2011. Ferrari


Chris Amon In A Ferrari V12, Dutch Photograph by Heritage Images Fine Art America

When the teenaged Chris Amon arrived in Europe from New Zealand in 1963,. On home ground in the winter of 1968-69 he won four out of seven races in his Ferrari to beat Jochen Rindt, a future.


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The late Chris Amon's victory CV included: the outright win that set McLaren's lucrative 'Can-Am' ball rolling; the final race at Germany's daunting - walls, trees, ditches, banks - Solitude road circuit and the very next weekend a win from the back at Silverstone; the win that broke Ferrari's Le Mans stranglehold - and broke Ford team-mate Ken.


Chris Amon winning the 1969 Australian Grand Prix at Lakeside, Ferrari Dino 246T (Rod MacKenzie

After that win at Le Mans Chris Amon, known for Formula 1 racing, was invited to drive for Ferrari in Formula one through the end of the decade. In 1970 he'd move on to other teams and even own.


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Christopher Arthur Amon MBE was a New Zealand motor racing driver. He was active in Formula One racing in the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship Grand Prix. His reputation for bad luck was such that fellow driver Mario Andretti once joked that "if he became an undertaker, people would stop dying". Former Ferrari Technical Director.


Chris Amon, Ferrari 312/68 Zandvoort, 1968. Ferrari racing, Ferrari, Amon

New Zealander Chris Amon, Scuderia works driver in Formula One and the sports car world championship, crashed out of the race in Las Vegas after just one lap. The entire 1969 season was only partially successful, as the Scuderia operated the missions only with limited commitment.


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Chris Amon, right, after winning the 1966 Le Mans endurance race in France. Associated Press. By The Associated Press. Aug. 8, 2016. Chris Amon, a New Zealander who was considered one of the best.


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Photo Above: Chris Amon in his 1969 Ferrari 612 Can-Am. (Photo from Chris Amon collection in book Champions of Speed p167) In April of 1969 at the Spanish Grand Prix at the Montjuïc circuit in Barcelona, Chris Amon told me about his plans for the Can-Am series.


Chris Amon in one of the legendary Ferrari 312's 1969 Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari racing

Chris Amon. Christopher Arthur Amon MBE (born 20 July 1943 in Bulls, New Zealand) is a former motor racing driver. He was active in Formula One - racing in the 1960s and 1970s - and is widely regarded to be one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship Grand Prix. His reputation for bad luck was such that fellow driver Mario Andretti.


Chris Amon Former Ferrari driver passes away aged 73 after battling cancer The Checkered Flag

Former Ferrari driver Chris Amon has died at the age of 73. Amon had been suffering from cancer in recent years and died in hospital in his native New Zealand on Wednesday, his family.


Chris Amon in the 1968 Ferrari Dino 246T004 at Hampton Downs, NZ. Ferrari racing, Classic

With six grueling hours to go, the Shelby American Fords of Miles/Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon ran a relatively close first and second. The Mk II entered by Holman-Moody of Ronnie.


CHRIS AMON FERRARI 312 PIT PHOTOGRAPH FOTO MONACO GRAND PRIX 1967 Monaco grand prix, Grand

Chris Amon would have been 80 years old today. He passed away seven years ago, a victim of cancer. What a great, great driver. What a lovely man. Chris did not have the air of F1 star about him, more the casual approachability of a farm hand at the sheep market. He was a 19-year-old farm boy when he was almost obliged to leave New Zealand to seek his fortune, such was the obvious enormity of.


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The former Formula One driver Chris Amon has died at the age of 73 after battling cancer. The New Zealander spent 13 years in F1 across the 1960s and 70s, earning a reputation as one of the.


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Unsung Heroes: Chris Amon Racing Sports Cars Collections Experiences About Us SUBSCRIBE His Ferrari contract included sports car racing, and he memorably partnered Lorenzo Bandini to win the 1967 Daytona 24-hour race in a 330 P4. That was one of the Scuderia's greatest victories, with Ferrari famously finishing first, second and third.


Chris Amon (Ferrari) Grand Prix d’Italie Monza 1968 Formula 1 HIGH RES photos (Old and New

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Chris Amon at the 1969 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari racing, Classic racing cars, Spanish grand prix

The book: 1967: Chris Amon, Scuderia Ferrari and a Year of Living Dangerously. Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll are just a few of the things that indelibly define the '60s. But while that decade was experiencing profound social and political change, it was also a very memorable time for motorsports as another leap forward was made in car.


Watch onboard with Ferrari's Chris Amon (footage from 1967) V12 Screaming on Track

Ford's 1966 Le Mans winner Chris Amon reminisces about that historic race, when it beat Ferrari, in this exclusive interview conducted shortly before he passed away in 2016. Updated Nov 11,.

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