Happy Birthday – July 20 – Chris Amon, Claudio Reyna, Damien Delaney

Sport360 staff 09:35 20/07/2015
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  • Happy birthday sport stars.

    Chris Amon was regarded as the best F1 driver never to win a constructers championship. His lack of luck was legendary within Formula 1 circles.

    He was guilty of a number of bad career moves. His cause wasn't helped by his lack of selfishness on the track and his lack of discipline off it.

    He had the record of gaining 95 F1 starts but they never added up to a single victory.

    He was seen as one of the fastest drivers ever to grace the F1 circuit but it has been remarked that he was never given a car that suited his style of driving.

    He led 183 laps in 7 races, reaching the podium 11 times and gaining 83 championship points in total.

    Former Ferrari technical directer, Mauro Forghieri, claimed that he was the best test driver he ever worked with and had all the qualities to be world champion if it not for the bad luck. He holds the record for the most different types of car driven by a driver, having driven thirteen different makes of vehicle.

    1948: Claudio Reyna, former Rangers, Sunderland, Manchester City and United States midfielder, now director of football operations for New York City FC (42).

    1976Debashish Mohantyformer India batsman (39).

    1976: Alex Yoong, ex- Formula One racer for Minardi (39).

    1981: Damien Delaney, Irish defender, currently with Crystal Palace (34).

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