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{{short description|New Zealand racing driver (1943–2016)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Chris Amon
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100%|MBE}}
| image         = AmonChris19730706.jpg
| caption       = Amon in 1973
| birth_name    = Christopher Arthur Amon
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1943|7|20|df=y}} 
| birth_place   = [[Bulls, New Zealand|Bulls]], New Zealand
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2016|8|3|1943|7|20|df=y}} 
| death_place   = [[Rotorua]], New Zealand
| spouse        = {{marriage|Tish Wotherspoon|1977}}
| children      = 3
| module        = {{Infobox F1 driver|embed=yes
| nationality   = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Formula One drivers from New Zealand|New Zealander]]
| Years         = {{F1|1963}}–{{F1|1976}}
| Team(s)       = [[Reg Parnell Racing|Parnell]], ''privateer'' [[Brabham]], [[McLaren]], [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]], [[Chris Amon Racing|Amon]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[March Engineering|March]], [[Equipe Matra|Matra]], [[Tecno (motorsport)|Tecno]], [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]], [[BRM]], [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]], [[Wolf–Williams Racing|Wolf–Williams]]  
| Races         = 108 (96 starts)
| Championships = 0
| Wins          = 0
| Podiums       = 11
| Points        = 83
| Poles         = 5
| Fastest laps  = 3
| First race    = [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix]]
| Last race     = [[1976 Canadian Grand Prix]]
}}
| module2       = {{Infobox Le Mans driver|embed=yes
| Years         = {{24hLM|1964}}–{{24hLM|1967}}, {{24hLM|1969}}, {{24hLM|1971}}–{{24hLM|1973}}
| Team(s)       = [[B. S. Cunningham Company|Cunningham]], [[Shelby American|Shelby]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Equipe Matra|Matra]], [[BMW in motorsport|BMW]]
| Best Finish   = 1st <small>({{24hLM|1966}})</small>
| Class Wins    = 1 <small>({{24hLM|1966}})</small>
}}
}}

'''Christopher Arthur Amon''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|m|ən}}; 20 July 1943 – 3 August 2016) was a New Zealand [[racing driver]] and [[motorsport]] executive, who competed in [[Formula One]] from {{F1|1963}} to {{F1|1976}}. Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers to never win a [[Formula One Grands Prix|Formula One Grand Prix]],{{efn|Per several sources: <ref>{{Cite web|title=F1i's top-10 F1 drivers who never won a Grand Prix|url=https://f1i.com/magazine/371603-f1is-top-10-f1-drivers-who-never-won-a-grand-prix.html|website=F1i|date=20 August 2022|access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Top 5 Formula One Drivers Who Never Won A Grand Prix Race|url=https://www.888sport.com/blog/formula-1/best-drivers-never-to-win-a-grand-prix-race|website=888sport|date=19 August 2024|access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 10: Drivers to never win a race|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/video/top-10-drivers-to-never-win-a-race.1696505135955286428|website=Formula 1|date=22 January 2021|access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Chris Amon: 'No-one raced so magnificently but he was so freakishly luckless'|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/chris-amon-no-one-has-so-magnificently-but-he-was-so-freakishly-luckless/|website=Motor Sport Magazine|date=26 December 2023|access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Chris Amon obituary: 1943–2016|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/chris-amon-obituary-1943-2016-5039243/5039243/|website=Autosport|date=3 August 2016|access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref>}} Amon won the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in {{24hLM|1966}} with [[Ford Performance|Ford]], as well as the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] in [[1967 24 Hours of Daytona|1967]] with [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]].

Born and raised in [[Bulls, New Zealand|Bulls]], Amon learned to drive aged six and initially competed in [[hillclimbing]] before progressing to national [[motor racing]] competition in 1962. Amon joined [[Reg Parnell Racing]] the [[1963 Formula One season|following year]], making his Formula One debut at the {{F1GP|1963|Monaco}}. After a [[Glossary of motorsport terms#N|non-classified]] championship finish in his rookie season, Amon scored his maiden points finish with fifth-place at the [[1964 Dutch Grand Prix]]. Following intermittent Grand Prix appearances in {{F1|1965}}, Amon became a test driver for [[McLaren]] and moved into [[sportscar racing]]. After winning the [[1966 24 Hours of Le Mans]] alongside [[Bruce McLaren]], Amon was signed by [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] for {{F1|1967}}, achieving his maiden podium at the {{F1GP|1967|Monaco}} amongst winning the [[24 Hours of Daytona]]. He finished a career-best fifth in the [[World Drivers' Championship]]. After struggling with reliability at Ferrari in {{F1|1968}} and {{F1|1969}}, Amon departed the team in search of [[Cosworth DFV|Cosworth DFV-powered]] machinery. He scored several further podiums with [[March Engineering|March]] in {{F1|1970}} before a two-year stint with [[Equipe Matra|Matra]]. Amon then made sporadic appearances for [[Tecno (motorsport)|Tecno]] and [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] in his {{F1|1973}} campaign. Amon had founded [[Chris Amon Racing]] in 1966—when he entered the {{F1GP|1966|Italian}} in a [[privateer (motorsport)|privateer]] [[Brabham BT11]]—and competed with them at four Grands Prix in {{F1|1974}}, driving the [[Chris Amon Racing#Amon AF101|AF101]]. Amon made further appearances for [[BRM]], [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]] and [[Wolf–Williams]] before retiring at the end of the {{F1|1976}} season.

Amon was renowned for his poor luck in Formula One, losing out on several World Championship race wins due to mechanical faults. Across 14 seasons, he achieved five pole positions, three fastest laps and 11 podiums, with two non-championship wins at the [[1970 BRDC International Trophy]] and the [[1971 Argentine Grand Prix]]. Outside of Formula One, Amon won the [[Tasman Series]] in [[1969 Tasman Series|1969]] with [[Scuderia Veloce]]. Amon was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1993 Queen's Birthday Honours]], and inducted into the [[New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1995.