- Born
- Died
- Birth nameChristopher Arthur Amon
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ken Severson
- SpouseBarbara Anne McLain(1966 - ?) (divorced)
- ParentsBetty Fullerton-Smith AmonNgaio Henry Winks Amon
- The only child belonging to a wealthy sheep farmer, Chris Amon grew up on the family farm near Bulls, about 100 miles north of the New Zealand capital Wellington, and close to the North Island west coast.
- Raced a car of his own design (Amon AF1) in 1974.
- Started 96 Grand Prix races, but never won an F1 race.
- The helmet James Garner wore in _Grand Prix (1967)_ was modeled after Amon's.
- Retired from racing and tends to his sheep farm in New Zealand.
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