Carlos Reutemann
Reutemann in 1981.
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| Born |
12 April 1942 Santa Fe, Argentina |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Argentine |
| Active years | 1972–1982 |
| Teams | Brabham, Ferrari, Lotus, Williams |
| Entries | 146 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 12 |
| Podiums | 45 |
| Career points | 298 (310) |
| Pole positions | 6 |
| Fastest laps | 6 |
| First entry | 1972 Argentine Grand Prix |
| First win | 1974 South African Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1981 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Carlos Reutemann | |
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| Governor of Santa Fe | |
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In office 10 December 1991 - 10 December 1995 10 December 1999 - 10 December 2003 |
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| Preceded by |
Víctor Reviglio (1991) Jorge Obeid (1999) |
| Succeeded by |
Jorge Obeid (1995) Jorge Obeid (2003) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 April 1942 Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
Carlos Alberto Reutemann (born April 12, 1942), nicknamed "Lole", is an Argentine former racing driver who raced in Formula One from 1972 through 1982, and later became a politician in his native province of Santa Fe, for the Justicialist Party, and governor of Santa Fe in Argentina.
As a racing driver, Reutemann was among Formula One's leading protagonists between 1972 and 1982. He scored 12 Grand Prix wins and six pole positions. In 1981 he finished second in the World Drivers' Championship by one point, having been overtaken in the last race of the season. He became the second Formula One driver after Leo Kinnunen to be at the podium of a World Rally Championship event, when he finished third in the 1980 and 1985 editions of Rally Argentina. He was also for three decades the only Formula One driver to score drivers' championship points in both F1 and WRC, until Kimi Räikkönen's eighth place at the 2010 Jordan Rally.
As a popular governor and a senator, he has been considered by some, on several occasions, to be a worthy candidate for President, but while he considered running for president in the 2011 Argentine general election he declined to do so.
Descended from a Swiss-German grandfather, an Argentine father and an Italian mother, Reutemann was the first successful Argentine Formula One driver since the retirement of five-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio in 1958. He first raced in 1965 in a Fiat saloon car. After racing touring cars and Formula 2 in Argentina, he moved to Europe in 1970 to drive a Brabham for the Automobile Club of Argentina Team in the European Formula 2 series. He immediately received attention when he took out Austrian Formula One driver Jochen Rindt (that year's eventual posthumous World Champion) on the first lap of his first race at Hockenheim, but carried on to finish fourth. The next season, he finished a close second in the series to Sweden's Ronnie Peterson.
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