1940 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1940 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
28 April	13th Mille Miglia	[1]
23 May	31st Targa Florio	[2]
30 May	28th Indianapolis 500	[3]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
18	January	Pedro Rodríguez	Mexican	Racing driver	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1968).	[4]
21	February	Peter Gethin	British	Racing driver	1971 Italian Grand Prix winner.	[5]
28		Mario Andretti	American	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion (1978), 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner.	[6]
27	March	Sandro Munari	Italian	Rally driver	World Rally champion (1977).	[7]
2	April	Mike Hailwood	British	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1962-1965).	[8]
4		Richard Attwood	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1970).	[9]
23	May	Gérard Larrousse	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1973-1974).	[10]
10	June	Peter Ryan	Canadian	Racing driver	The first Canadian Formula One driver.	[11]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
12	October	Luis Fontés	27	British	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1935).	[12]

See also

• List of 1940 motorsport champions

References

1. "Mille Miglia - 1940". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. "31^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "1940 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
4. "Pedro Rodríguez". ESPN . Retrieved 9 May 2017.
5. "Peter Gethin". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
6. "Mario Andretti — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
7. "Sandro Munari". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
8. "Mike Hailwood". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
9. "Richard Attwood". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
10. "Gérard Larrousse". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
11. "Peter Ryan". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
12. "Luis Fontes". historicracing.com. historicracing.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.