Star driver Jenson Button has come close over the past two years but has yet to stand on top of the podium.
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As Ferrari's star driver, Mr. Schumacher won four world championships, set the record for the most career Grand Prix victories and cemented his place as the greatest driver of all time.
Stewart and Patrick are a formidable one-two punch when it comes to driver star power.
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Mr De Tomaso had started out as a racing driver, a star in the circuit of Buenos Aires, where he was born.
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The Taxi Driver and Raging Bull star, 67, will collect the prize at the 2011 awards, to be held on 16 January.
By the time he reached single seaters, his name was being spoken about as an F1 driver, even a star, in the making.
Hernandez, 21, joined the military after high school three years ago and was serving as a supply truck driver, according to the Arizona Daily Star's Web site.
It appalls me that there are so many "major" actresses out there (you know who they are, and, if you don't, you're responsible for the quotes around the word "major") who pout and preen their way through huge, star-making roles while somebody as immensely talented as Driver is very close to unknown with the general public.
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His campaign was blighted by multiple visits to the stewards' office and a highly-publicized spat with Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, and he had a high-profile split with pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger.
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Other competitors in the race include World Touring Cars driver Yvan Muller, who will be behind the wheel of a buggy, and Nascar star Robby Gordon, in a Hummer.
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