Derek Daly is one of the most popular and richest Formula One Driver who was born on March 11, 1953 in Ballinteer, Ireland. Derek Patrick Daly (born 11 March 1953) is an American-born Irish racing driver. Daly won his first championship in 1977, the British Formula 3 Championship, and was an official racing driver for 17 years in the 64 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix which began on the 2nd April, 1978. He earned a total of 15 championship points. He was also a part of a number of non-championship Formula One races.
He also was involved in ESPN Speedworld Coverage of the Grand Prix of San Marino in 1994. This race was named the race in which Ayrton Senna died.
Daly’s niece, Nicola Daly, is an Ireland women’s field hockey international and was a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the 2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup. She also works as a data engineer for Juncos Racing.
In 2018, Daly was fired from a racing analyst position he had at WISH-TV because of a racial slur he had made 35 years before. During the outage aftermath, his son Conor was set to make his NASCAR debut at Road America on August 25, 2018 before his sponsor (Lilly Diabetes) pulled out due to the comments, even though Conor was not born for another 8 years after the fact.
In the year 1990, Daly had the unusual outcome of finishing first and second in Sebring’s 12 Hours of Sebring, as a driver for Nissan.
