1940 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1940 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

List of years in motorsport
In sports
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
28 April 13th Mille Miglia [1]
23 May 31st Targa Florio [2]
30 May 28th Indianapolis 500 [3]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
18 January Pedro Rodríguez Mexican Racing driver Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1968). [4]
21 February Peter Gethin British Racing driver 1971 Italian Grand Prix winner. [5]
28 Mario Andretti American Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1978), 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner. [6]
27 March Sandro Munari Italian Rally driver World Rally champion (1977). [7]
2 April Mike Hailwood British Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1962-1965). [8]
4 Richard Attwood British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1970). [9]
23 May Gérard Larrousse French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1973-1974). [10]
10 June Peter Ryan Canadian Racing driver The first Canadian Formula One driver. [11]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
12 October Luis Fontés 27 British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1935). [12]

See also

References
  1. "Mille Miglia - 1940". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "31^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "1940 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "Pedro Rodríguez". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. "Peter Gethin". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. "Mario Andretti — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  7. "Sandro Munari". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. "Mike Hailwood". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. "Richard Attwood". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. "Gérard Larrousse". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  11. "Peter Ryan". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  12. "Luis Fontes". historicracing.com. historicracing.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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