Hermano da Silva Ramos

As called Hernando Silva Ramos Nano ( born December 7, 1925 in Paris) is a former French -Brazilian racing driver.

Da Silva Ramos was born the son of a wealthy Brazilian businessman and a French mother in France. Therefore, possessed both the Brazilian and French citizenship. His father had already contested in the 1930 car race with a Bugatti. Nanos racing career began in 1947 at smaller races in Brazil and later continued in Europe, where he earned an Aston Martin sports car race.

In the Formula 1 World Championship, he took part in the years 1955 and 1956, on cars of the Gordini brand. These French cars were compared to the Mercedes -Benz and Ferraris of that era clearly inferior and rarely could da Silva Ramos show his true skill, but two eighth places in Zandvoort and Reims showed his quite remarkable driving skills potential. He achieved his best result at the GP of Monaco in 1956 with a fifth place. He then joined occasionally until 1959 sports car race before he retired from racing. Da Silva Ramos lives in Neuilly.

Le Mans results

• Man
• Rennfahrer (Frankreich)
• Formula 1 racing driver (Brazil )
• Frenchman
• Brazilian
• Born in 1925
• Drivers in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
• World Sports Car Championship racer