caption years championships birth_place races nationality points name birth_date poles wins image article_title birth_name podiums
chris amon at the nürburgring in 1973 1963 -- 1976 0 bulls , new zealand 108 -lrb- 96 starts -rrb- nzl new zealander 83 chris amon 20 july 1943 5 0 amonchris19730706.jpg chris amon
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chris amon

christopher arthur amon -lrb- born 20 july 1943 -rrb- is a former motor racing driver from new zealand .
he was active in formula one -- racing in the 1960s and 1970s -- and is widely regarded to be one of the best f1 drivers never to win a championship grand prix .
his reputation for bad luck was such that fellow driver mario andretti once joked that `` if he became an undertaker , people would stop dying '' .
former ferrari 's technical director mauro forghieri stated that amon was `` by far the best test driver i have ever worked with .
he had all the qualities to be a world champion but bad luck just would n't let him be '' .
apart from driving , chris amon also ran his own formula one team for a short period in 1974 .
away from formula one , amon had some success in sports car racing , winning the 24 hours of le mans race in .
