Carlos Reutemann

Carlos Alberto Reutemann (born 12th April, 1942 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine former racing driver most famous for his appearances in Formula One.

Formula One

1976

In 1976, Reutemann drove for Marlboro Team McLaren using their new M23 chassis initially alongside German Jochen Mass - whom was later replaced by Tom Sneva.

Reutemann took his first win of the year at the South African GP, taking advantage of the poor reliability of both Ferraris. He would follow this with wins in Monaco and the Soviet Union.

Following the death of Niki Lauda at the Soviet Grand Prix, the battle for championship honours would now be fought between Reutemann Ferrari's Jody Scheckter.

Wins in Britain and Japan meant Reutemann was in the best position heading into the final race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix.

At the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix, Scheckter would leap into the lead of the race at the beginning before a suspension failure seemingly consigning the championship to Reutemann. For much of the early stages of the race Reutemann held the lead but a suspension failure on the Argentine's McLaren M23 forced a retirement - meaning the driver's title would be returning to Maranello for a second year running in the hands of Jody Scheckter.

1977

Despite a successful 1976, Reutemann's 1977 did not start as well as he'd initially hoped, with the Argentine taking only a third place and a fourth place in the first four rounds of the season.