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Denny Hulme. Denis Clive Hulme OBE (18 June 1936 – 4 October 1992) was a New Zealand racing driver who won the 1967 Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team. Between his debut at Monaco in 1965 and his final race in the 1974 US Grand Prix, he started 112 Grands Prix, resulting in eight victories and 33 podium finishes.
Denny Hulme's dislike of celebrity and preference for anonymity made him the most low key of champions. He hated fame, had no trace of vanity and found social functions an agony. His nickname 'The Bear' was a reference to both his rugged features and a gruff nature that would erupt when he was provoked. Yet he was also a sensitive man unable to express his feelings, except in a racing car, in ...
Oct 5, 2022 · Denny Hulme: The bear facts. He kept counsel, of course, saw out the season with his beloved McLaren and slipped unobtrusively through the side door when his engine failed at Watkins Glen in October. This least glamorous of the world champions was younger than he looked – a balding 38 – at the time.
- Paul Fearnley
Sep 29, 2014 · Hulme raced in an era when death stalked the track at every turn, yet the passing of his countryman, friend and multi-series team-mate hit Denny especially hard.
Denny’s father, Clive Hulme, was a World War II hero, awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery as a sniper in the fierce battle on Crete. Upon returning home to Te Puke on New Zealand’s North Island, Clive ran a small farm and a trucking business.
Danny Hulme. Denny Hulme was the first and only F1 champion from New Zealand to date. Born in Motueka, New Zealand, on the 18th of June of 1936, Denis Clive Hulme was not your typical Formula 1 driver with a flashy style, but he certainly showed his supreme ability behind the wheel and earned a well-deserved title in 1967.
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Denny Hulme at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix With the new Lotus 49-Ford fast but fragile, the 1967 F1 World championship developed into a straight fight between team-mates Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme. Deprived of victory in the opening race in South Africa when forced to stop to replenish his brake fluid, Hulme then scored his maiden GP victory ...
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