ayrton senna was the last f1 driver to race a car bearing his own surname.
ayrton senna was the last f1 driver to race a car bearing his own surname.
who was the last f1 driver to race a car bearing his own surname?
ayrton senna
the fast kyalami circuit, which was built in the early 1960s, played host to its first south african grand prix in 1967, where privateer john love nearly took victory but ran into fuel problems late in the race, and mexican pedro rodriguez took victory. 1968 saw clark take victory; he broke juan manuel fangio's record for most career wins and it turned out to be his last f1 victory; he was killed at a formula 2 race at hockenheim later that year. 1969 saw jackie stewart win, and the following year 44-year-old veteran jack brabham won his last f1 race. 1971 saw american mario andretti won his first f1 race in a ferrari. 1974 saw american peter revson crash horribly at barbeque bend during testing for the race and slam head-on to the barriers; he later died from his injuries. argentine carlos reutemann won for the first time at that year's event. 1975 saw south african jody scheckter take victory. the 1977 event was the location of one of the most gruesome crashes in history, as tom pryce was killed when he hit and killed track marshal jansen van vuuren at full speed in 1977. niki lauda won the race, but the accident sent shock waves throughout the sport. 1978 saw ronnie peterson take a late victory from patrick depailler and riccardo patrese; and the 1979 event was held in changeable weather conditions and was won by canadian gilles villeneuve.
south african grand prix
before the 1986 formula one race, the first turn (now turns 1-3) was named in honor of moisés solana, mexico's third f1 driver. it is still called ese moisés solana often called solana complex in english. 









































on september 2002, mexico's fourth and, then, last f1 driver héctor alonso rebaque a.k.a. héctor rebaque's achievements both in f1 and cart were recognised by naming turn 6 of the autodromo in his honour and calling it recorte rebaque instead of the previous name of recorte de gran premio.
autódromo hermanos rodríguez