Tom Pryce

Tom Pryce is one of those names that makes any serious Formula One fan stop and feel a quiet sadness. This kid from the tiny Welsh town of Ruthin showed up on the grid in 1974 with raw, undeniable pace — the kind that had people genuinely whispering about a future world champion. He drove for the Shadow team and there were moments, like qualifying on the front row at Monaco in 1975, where you could see exactly how good he was. But Formula One in the mid-seventies was brutally unforgiving, and at the 1977 South African Grand Prix, a tragic sequence of events on the main straight took his life at just 27. What haunts me is how much was still ahead of him — he had the talent, the feel for a car, all of it. Gone far too soon.

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Name (English)

Tom Pryce

Name (Japanese)

トム・プライス

Reading

とむ・ぷらいす

Born

June 11, 1949 – March 5, 1977

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Ox

Origin

Ruthin, United Kingdom

Occupation

motorcycle racer / racing automobile driver / Formula One driver

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Pryce
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172835

Tags

• motorcycle racer
• racing automobile driver
• Formula One driver

Last updated

2026-06-02

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