Biography
David Hobbs was born in Royal Leamington Spa on 9 June 1939. His racing career lasted about 30 years and took in sports cars, touring cars, Indy cars, IMSA, Can-Am and Formula One. He started the 24 Hours of Le Mans twenty times, finishing eighth on his first appearance in 1962, and later took a pole position and third places in 1969 and 1984.
He was due to make his Formula One debut at the 1965 French Grand Prix with Tim Parnell Racing, but a road accident intervened. His seven World Championship starts were spread over 1967 (BRM and Lola), 1968 (Honda), and 1971 and 1974 (McLaren).
Outside Formula One, he won the L&M 5000 Continental Championship in 1971 in a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet, taking five of the eight rounds, and the Trans-Am Series in 1983. He also worked as a commentator, for CBS until 1996, Speed from 1996 to 2012 and NBC from 2013 to 2017. In 2009 he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
Source: Wikipedia, “David Hobbs (racing driver)”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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