Chris Amon(1943-2016)
- Transportation Department
Amon has been called the greatest Grand Prix driver to have never won a
World Championship race. He certainly was one of the unluckiest in that
respect. The son of a New Zealand sheep farmer, Amon started racing at
the age of 18 and a mere two years later (1963) he joined the Formula 1
World Championship circuit. After four years and little success, Amon
got his big break when he joined Ferrari in 1967. Despite three years
with the most famous team in racing, Amon failed to win a race, coming
close several times. He then joined the new March Engineering team and
had some more promising drives, but could not attain the top spot and
he finished out his career with several lesser teams (including his
own) before quietly bowing out of racing in 1976, and moving back to
New Zealand.
