Richie Ginther

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Richie Ginther
Formula One Career
Nationality	American
Active years	1960 - 1967
Team(s)	Ferrari, Scarab, BRM, Honda, Cooper, Eagle
Grands Prix	54
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podium finishes	14
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	3
First Grand Prix	1960 Monaco Grand Prix
First win	1965 Mexican Grand Prix
Last win	1965 Mexican Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	1967 Monaco Grand Prix

Richie Ginther (born in Hollywood, California, 5 August 1930 - died 20 September 1989) was a Formula One driver from the United States. He participated in 54 grands prix, debuting on May 29, 1960.

Ginther made his F1 debut at the 1960 Monaco GP driving for Ferrari who he stayed with through 1961. In 1962 he switched to the British based BRM team to race alongside Graham Hill the highlight of which was a second place in the 1963 World Championship. His reputation as a solid “team player” and excellent test and development driver earned him an invitation to join the works Honda F1 team for 1965 for whom he scored his one and only GP win at Mexico City.

He won 1 race, achieved 14 podiums, and scored a total of 107 championship points.

He appeared in an unaccredited role in the 1966 movie “Grand Prix” as John Hogarth a driver in the Japanese funded “Yamura” team. He also acted as one of the technical racing advisors for the movie.

While making an attempt to qualify for the 1967 Indy 500, Ginther decided he’d had enough and walked away from racing. Sadly he died of a heart attack while on vacation with his family in France on September 20th 1989 at 59 years of age.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote race victories.)

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Team
1960	Ferr	ARG	MON	IND	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA		Ferr
1961	Ferr	MON	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	USA				Ferr
1962	BRM	DUT	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	USA	SAF			BRM
1963	BRM	MON	BEL	DUT	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	USA	MEX	SAF		BRM
1964	BRM	MON	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX		BRM
1965	Hond	SAF	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	DUT	DEU	ITA	USA	MEX		Hond
1966	Coop	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	DUT	DEU	ITA	USA	MEX			Hond
1967	Eagl	SAF	MON	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX	Eagl