David Hobbs
Nationality	British
Formula One World Championship Career
Active years	1967 - 1968, 1971, 1974
Team(s)	BRM, Honda, McLaren
Races	6
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1967 British Grand Prix
Last race	1974 Italian Grand Prix

David Hobbs (b. June 9, 1939) is a British former racing driver currently employed as a SPEED Channel commentator. Download high resolution version (2089x1810, 3283 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... British Racing Motors (generally known as BRM) was a British Formula 1 motor racing team. ... Honda Racing F1 Team is a Formula One team run by Japanese car manufacturer Honda. ... McLaren, founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... The Formula One World Drivers Championship (WDC) is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA) to the most successful Formula One race car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In motorsport the quickest lap during the whole race is called the Fatest Lap. ... Results from the 1967 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Silverstone on July 15, 1967. ... The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. ... Results from the 1974 Formula One Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on September 8, 1974 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Carlos Pace 134. ... The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... SPEED Channel, based in Charlotte, NC, was launched on New Years Day 1996, by Roger Werner, as SpeedVision. ...

Hobbs was born in Royal Leamington Spa, England just months before the outbreak of World War II. He has a vast, 30-year history of international driving experience at all levels of motor sports, including sports cars, touring cars, Indy cars, IMSA and Formula One. He has participated in the Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He also made two NASCAR Winston Cup starts in 1976 and drove a race in the 1979 International Race of Champions. The Royal Pump Rooms and Baths Royal Leamington Spa, usually shortened to Leamington Spa or Leamington (pronounced Lemington) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, in England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... 1963 Jaguar E-Type, a classic sports car A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving. ... Horatio Nelson Jackson in his 2-seat Winton touring car, The Vermont, drives across America A touring car was a popular car body style in the early 20th century, being a larger alternative to the runabout. ... The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ... The Rolex 24 1/2 at Daytona (also frequently referred to as the 24 Hours of Daytona) is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... Sam Hornish, Jr. ...

In 1971, Hobbs won the U.S. Formula 5000 championship; twelve years later, he would claim the 1983 Trans-Am Series championship as well. He has raced in the renowned 24 hours of Le Mans twenty times, with a pole position and a best finish of third (which he achieved three times) to his credit. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Trans-Am series was created in 1966 by the SCCA as the Trans-American Sedan Championship. ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Hobbs provides commentary for Formula One races and the SCCA Valvoline runoffs. He currently lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife Margaret, with whom he has two sons, Gregory and Guy. In 1986, Hobbs opened a car dealership, David Hobbs Honda. His youngest son, Guy, worked for SPEED as a pit reporter on their sports car coverage.
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Formula One results

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Indy 500 results

Results of the 1971 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1971. ... Results of the 1973 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1973. ... Results of the 1974 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1974. ... Results of the 1976 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1976. ...

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