David Hobbs (racing driver)

David Hobbs
BornDavid Wishart Hobbs
(1939-06-09) 9 June 1939 (age 85)
Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBritish
Active years19671968, 1971, 1974
TeamsBRM, Honda, McLaren
Entries7
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1967 British Grand Prix
Last entry1974 Italian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1962–72, 1979, 1981–85, 1987–89
TeamsTeam Lotus Engineering
Lola Cars Ltd
Standard Triumph
Maranello Concessionaires
John Wyer Automotive
Roger Penske/Kirk F. White
Equipe Matra-Simca
Grand Touring Cars/Ford France
EMKA Racing
John Fitzpatrick Racing
Joest Racing
Richard Lloyd Racing
Best finish3rd (1969, 1984)
Class wins1 (1982)
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
First race1976 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

David Wishart Hobbs[1] (born 9 June 1939)[2] is a British former racing driver. He worked as a commentator from the mid 1970s for CBS until 1996, Speed from 1996 to 2012 and NBC from 2013 to 2017. In 1969 Hobbs was included in the FIA list of graded drivers, a group of 27 drivers who by their achievements were rated the best in the world.[3] Hobbs was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009.[4]

  1. ^ FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1975. Patrick Stephens Ltd. 1975. white p. 37. ISBN 0-85059-195-3.
  2. ^ H. H. Pitt and M. N. Wicks, The Pitt Family of Payneham (Adelaide, 1977)
  3. ^ F.I.A. Year Book of Automobile Sport, P.S.L. Publications Limited., London, 1969.
  4. ^ David Hobbs at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America