Ronnie Bucknum was born on this day in 1936, but what was the American's claim to fame in Formula 1, you ask?
Well, Ronnie was Honda's very first driver when the Japanese manufacturer entered Grand Prix racing in 1964 with its immaculate white RA271.
However, fewer drivers experienced a more unusual and surprising entry into Formula 1 than the Californian.
At the time, Bucknum held some good credentials earned from his sports car racing endeavors, but they hardly justified a graduation overnight to fully fledged Grand Prix driver status.
The fact that Ronnie had never even sat in an open-wheel race car, let alone raced one, appeared to be of no importance to Honda when they hired him.
And to make matters really interesting, his first race was at the German Grand Prix on the daunting Nürburgring!
But Bucknum actually acquitted himself well, starting last but overtaking a few drivers and lasting 12 of the 15 laps before steering problems put him out of the race.
Perhaps no other driver in F1 history had ever been thrown in at such a deep end!
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