Carlos Reutemann, a leading Formula 1 driver in the 1970s and 1980s and later a senior politician in Argentina for three decades, has died aged 79. As a racing driver he won 12 Grands Prix, ...

Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann, who raced in 146 Grands Prix and won 12 times throughout a career that saw him drive for the best teams in Formula 1, died on July 7 at age 79.

Reutemann became Governor of Santa Fe on December 11, 1991 for a full four-year term in a province where heads of the executive are banned from seeking a consecutive term.

Reutemann’s political career began when he was elected as governor of Santa Fe, Argentina in 1999, a role he held until being elected to the national senate in 2003.

Carlos Reutemann, who has died aged 79, was one of the greatest talents of motor racing in its golden era; but for a series of fateful circumstances he might have been Formula One world champion ...

Carlos Reutemann, a leading Formula 1 driver in the 1970s and 1980s and later a senior politician in Argentina for three decades, has died aged 79. BBC Homepage. Skip to content; ...