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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.
- New Zealander
- 4 October 1992 (aged 56), Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
- 18 June 1936, Motueka, New Zealand
1967: Denny Hulme pictured during his world championship-winning season, during which he scored two of his eight Formula One career victories. © Sutton Images. Nivelles, June 1972: Denny Hulme finished third in the Belgian Grand Prix, one of seven podium results for the McLaren star that season.
Oct 5, 2022 · Inured by an upbringing devoid of shows of emotion – taskmaster father Clive had won a VC in WWII due to a fearsome and sustained mix of cold calculation and hot-blooded savagery – Denny Hulme’s grizzly demeanour led to his being nicknamed ‘The Bear’.
- Paul Fearnley
Sep 29, 2014 · Denny Hulme is Formula One's forgotten champion; a gruff, burly Kiwi who lived his life as far away from the spotlight as possible. Here, Crash.net puts the enigma of 'The Bear' in focus,...
- Racing Career
- Formula 1 Career
- 1967 F1 Championship Title
- Other Race Series and Death
The racing life began for Hulme behind the wheel of an MGTF and an MGA which was bought by his father Clive —who was a World War II hero—. His first big racing moment came when he earned the New Zealand's Driver To Europe scholarship to compete in Europe during the 1960 season together with George Lawton. In his first season in Europe, Hulme finish...
After racing Brabham cars in junior Formulae and in a couple of non-championship F1 events between 1963 and 1964, Hulme made his official F1 debut on the 30th of May of 1965 during the Monaco Grand Prix, which was the second race of the season. He competed in six races in 1965 onboard Brabham-Climax cars, scoring points only twice. In the first two...
In a 1967 season dominated by Jim Clark statistically, Hulme and his teammate Brabham found a way to consistently score points and fight for the title. Hulme took the first win of his career in the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix, where he lapped all his rivals —in that race, Ferrari’s Lorenzo Bandinilost his life—. He added another victory to his solid 196...
Also, before and during his F1 career, he found time to compete in four editions of the Indy 500 —without success—, three 24 Hours of Le Mans with one class victory in 1961 with a Fiat-Abarth 850 S. He competed in two editions of the 24 Hours of Daytona too, but could not finish the race in those two occasions. After his retirement, he competed 10 ...
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New Zealand’s only Formula 1 world champion so far, the tough Denny Hulme was perhaps the most unheralded driver to achieve the sport’s highest accolade. At times blunt and to the point, this former mechanic graduated through Europe’s junior categories thanks to hard graft and a refusal to give up.
Jul 7, 2014 · It was October 4, 1992, on the 33rd lap of the Bathurst 1000. At the wheel was the 1967 F1 World Champion, Denny Hulme. The 56-year-old had suffered a fatal heart attack. Twelve months earlier, Hulme had driven a similar BMW M3 to fourth at the mountain classic.
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