Hernando da Silva Ramos

Hermano or Hernando João "Nano" da Silva Ramos (born 7 December 1925 in Paris, France) is a Brazilian former racing driver with French dual nationality. Beginning his racing career in 1947, he started gaining notoriety in 1953 and early 1954, leading to a drive for Gordini. He won his third race, the 1954 Belgian Grand Prix, ultimately finishing fourth that season. The following year, he surprisingly signed for Bernie Ecclestone's team, but was soon fired. Promptly signing for Renzo then Ferrari, the results dried up and he was left without a drive. In 1957, he returned to Gordini, replacing the late Eugenio Castellotti. However, this would be as part of a rotation with Harry Schell, Redmond Gallagher and others, with Ramos not performing well enough to justify a full-time position.

With Gordini leaving the sport at the end of 1957 and the team being sold to Voeckler, Ramos found himself without a drive. A new home was found at Scuderia Centro Sud for 1958 and in his second start for the Italian squad Ramos delivered a second place finish at an attrition-hit French Grand Prix. However, the race would also be marred with tragedy as Giulio Cabianca sadly lost his life during the event. Shortly after the race, Ramos would be called up to replace Cabianca at the works O.S.C.A. squad, thanks to the partnership between them and Centro Sud.

Due to the unusual race stoppages in the 1955 Soviet Grand Prix and his ties with Ferrari by that point, Ramos has the distinction of being the only Formula 1 driver to have driven three different cars in the same race. He also scored two pole positions and two fastest laps.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1954	Alexander Racing Team	Gordini G-953	Gordini ART-004 3.0 V6	MON Ret	FRA 6	BEL 1	NED Ret	GBR Ret	SUI 4	GER 3	USA Ret	ITA Ret			4th	17
1955	Bernard C. Ecclestone	Mercedes-Benz WM-2	Bentley 16VL-1 3.0 V16	MON 7	FRA Ret										19th	3
	Officine Renzo Scuderia Ferrari** Louis Chiron**	Alfa Romeo AR161 Ferrari 555** Lancia D50**	Alfa Romeo AR2V8 1.5 V8 Ferrari 555 2.5 L4** Lancia DS50 2.5 V8**			BEL Ret	GBR 4	SCO Ret	SOV 9† Ret‡ Ret	ITA 7
1956	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari 555 2.5 L4	MON Ret	FRA 8	BEL Ret	GER Ret	GDR	IRL	GBR	SCO	ITA	THA		NC	0
1957	Alexander Racing Team-Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G258/A 2.5 L8	MAR	MON	FRA Ret	BEL Ret	NED	IRL	GBR	GER Ret	ITA Ret	ESP	USA Ret	NC	0
1958	Scuderia Centro Sud	O.S.C.A. F156A	O.S.C.A. 1557 1.5 L4s			FRA 2									3rd	30
		O.S.C.A. F158	O.S.C.A. 1558 1.5 L4s		MON 8		NED Ret	BEL Ret
	Hernando da Silva Ramos			AUS Ret
	Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili								GER 4	GBR 1	POR 1	ITA 8	MAR 4	USA Ret

* denotes season still in progress
** Ramos finished 9th in the 1955 Soviet Grand Prix driving for Ferrari, but also drove two cars for Renzo and Chiron earlier in the race
† denotes shared drive with Troy Ruttman and Reg Parnell
‡ denotes shared drive with Toulo de Graffenried