Sports - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2007 - 55 Euro Cent

Born in Santa Monica, California, Phil Hill is proud to be the only America-born F1 World Champion (1961). Also at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he was the first American. Clay Regazzoni, the mustached charmer from Switzerland, will be remembered as an uncompromising daredevil. For the racing driver out of passion, his paraplegia suffered after an accident was no obstacle to continue racing. The Tyrolean Gerhard Berger is with his 210 starts in Formula 1 Austria's record holder. Despite his 48 podiums, including 10 victories, he never won a world title. Today, he is involved as race director of his own team in the Formula 1 circus. The Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio, racing idol in the fifties, is one of the most successful drivers in the history of international motorsport. At 51 Grand Prix starts, he won 24 times, an unsurpassed success rate to date. His five Formula 1 World Championship title only outdid the German Michael Schumacher. The Briton John Surtees was the only racing driver seven times motorcycle world champion and once Formula 1 World Champion (1964). He also worked as a designer and team owner. The once most popular athlete in Britain still drives historic races today. Mika Häkkinen, the "flying Finn" and Formula 1 world champion in 1998 and 1999, fought for years with his eternal rival Michael Schumacher a fierce battle for supremacy on the fastest circuits in the world. British racing driver Graham Hill was the only racing driver to win the Triple Crown of motorsport, winning the major car races such as the "500 Miles of Indianapolis" (1966), the "24 Hours of Le Mans" (1972), and was twice World Champion in Formula 1 (1962 and 1968). The sympathetic racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi from Sao Paulo (Brazil) was twice Formula 1 World Champion (1972 and 1974). For many unforgotten: He helped his teammate Jochen Rindt posthumously in 1970 for the world title.