List of Famous Racing Drivers
Théo Pourchaire
Théo Pourchaire is a French racing driver, currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the ART Grand Prix team. He won the 2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, and was runner-up in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship with ART Grand Prix.
Satoru Nakajima
Satoru Nakajima is a former racing driver from Japan. He is a five-time Japanese Top Formula champion and the first full-time Japanese Formula One driver. He also became the first Japanese F1 driver to score points, at the 1987 San Marino Grand Prix, where he finished sixth in only his second F1 race.
Bruce Jouanny
Bruce Jouanny is a French racing driver.
Paul di Resta
Paul di Resta is a British racing driver from Scotland who currently drives in the FIA World Endurance Championship with United Autosports. He drove in Formula One for Force India from 2011 to 2013, and became a reserve driver for the Williams F1 team in 2016, driving a single race for them as a substitute driver in 2017. A former Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) and Formula 3 Euroseries champion, di Resta did not secure a Formula One drive for 2014, and rejoined Mercedes to race again in DTM.
Scott Dixon
Scott Ronald Dixon is a professional racing driver from New Zealand. Competing for Chip Ganassi Racing since joining IndyCar, Dixon has won the championship six times: in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2020. He also won the 92nd Indianapolis 500 in 2008 from pole position. With 50 wins, Dixon is the third most successful driver in American Championship Cars history, and his 50 wins leads all active drivers in the current IndyCar Series. He is also a three-time overall winner and one-time GTLM winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona. Alongside his six series' titles, Dixon won at least one race for sixteen consecutive seasons between 2005 and 2020, and shares with Foyt the all-time record of winning a race in 18 seasons. He is the only driver to win the IndyCar championship in his inaugural year in the series.
Justin Haley
Justin C. Haley is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 11 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Kaulig Racing, and the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Spire Motorsports. He previously went by his nickname J. J. Haley until he switched to his first name in January 2016 to avoid confusion with fellow competitor J. J. Yeley.
A. J. Foyt
Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. is an American retired auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports. His open wheel racing includes United States Automobile Club Champ cars, sprint cars, and midget cars. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. He won several major sports car racing events. He holds the USAC career wins record with 159 victories, and the American championship racing career wins record with 67.
Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria
Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michael Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard Habsburg is an Austrian motor racing driver and heir apparent to the headship of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Ferdinand Habsburg competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), and has also raced in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. In November 2017, he finished 4th in the 2017 Macau Grand Prix after crashing at the final corner of the last lap whilst attempting to complete an overtake for the lead.
David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard is a British former racing driver from Scotland, later turned presenter, commentator and journalist. Nicknamed 'DC', he competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 1994 and 2008, taking 13 Grand Prix victories and 62 podium finishes. He was runner-up in the 2001 championship, driving for McLaren.
Dominic Chappell
Dominic Joseph Andrew Chappell is a British former racing driver, who has been declared bankrupt on three occasions and was convicted for tax evasion. In 2015, his company, Retail Acquisitions Ltd, purchased the now collapsed retail chain British Home Stores from Philip Green for just £1 GBP together with a £10,000,000 equity injection into BHS Group Ltd. 13 months later the company was placed into administration resulting in the closure of 164 stores and the loss of 11,000 jobs.