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Denny Hulme

New Zealand racing driver and 1967 Formula One World Champion known as 'the Bear'.

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Denny Hulme is best known for Winning the 1967 Formula One World Drivers' Championship and being the only New Zealander to do so. On Dead or Alive, Denny Hulme is listed in the Formula 1 Champions category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Denny Hulme is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Winning the 1967 Formula One World Drivers' Championship and being the only New Zealander to do so
Listed under: Formula 1 Champions

About Denny Hulme

Nicknamed "the Bear", Hulme won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1967 with Brabham, becoming the only New Zealander to do so, and won eight Grands Prix across 10 seasons. Hulme achieved eight race wins, one pole position, nine fastest laps and 33 podiums in Formula One. He also finished third in the overall standing in 1968 and 1972. Hulme showed versatility by dominating the Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) for Group 7 sports cars. As a member of the McLaren team that won five straight titles between 1967 and 1971, he won the individual Drivers' Championship twice and was runner-up on four other occasions. Hulme was nicknamed 'The Bear', because of his "gruff nature" and "rugged features"; however, he was also "sensitive (...) unable to express his feelings, except in a racing car". During the early part of his career, Hulme preferred to race bare foot as he believed that it gave him a better feel of the throttle. This changed in 1960 when he started competing in the more highly regulated European championships. Following his Formula One tenure with Brabham, Hulme raced for McLaren in multiple formats—Formula One, Can-Am, and at the Indianapolis 500.

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