Denny Hulme
Denis Clive " Denny " Hulme ( born June 18, 1936 in Nelson; † 4 October 1992 in Bathurst, Australia) was a New Zealand racing driver. Highlight of his career was winning the Formula 1 World Championship in 1967 for the Brabham team.
Career
Hulme went with Jack Brabham in a Brabham BT18 - Honda in Formula 2 In the season 1966, he was with 28 points behind Jack Brabham, who could bring in 36 points, Formula 2 runner-up. He participated in a total of twelve Formula 2 race, which he won two and finished second six times.
In the 500 - km race at the Nürburgring in 1964 he went to Germany for the first time. On a Honda S600 Gran Turismo sports car with about 630 cc capacity, he raced in the Gran Turismo class up to 1000 cc and won the race with an average of 106.3 km / h
Hulme's Formula 1 career began in 1965 at the Brabham team, where he won the 1967 Formula 1 World Championship. In 1968 he moved to McLaren. In 1970 he was in Monza direct witness of Jochen Rindt fatal accident after it had just overtaken him.
Hulme took part in a total of 112 Grand Prix races, of which he won eight. In 1974 he made his racing career at first, but returned mid -1980s, again as a touring car driver in motor sport back.
Hulme suffered on October 4, 1992 during a touring car race ( " Tooheys 1000 miles ") on the Mount Panorama circuit in a BMW M3 a heart attack., It still managed to slow down the car and stopping. As marshals came to the car, Denis Hulme was However, already died.
Success statistics
World Champion Title
1967:
- Team: Brabham Racing Organisation
- Vehicle: Brabham BT19/20/24
- Championship points: 51
- World Cup Ranking: 1
- Teammate Jack Brabham