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We know that many former F1 drivers continue connected to racing after retiring. Brundle, Hill, Lauda and so on are TV commentators, but other drivers may follow other careers.

Came up with this because Ukyo Katayama now owns a cycling team that's currently in the Tour of Portugal and wants to participate in a grand Tour.

I know Jody Scheckter owned a farm and sold organic products, but what are other former F1 drivers doing now, besides racing?

Jarno Trulli produces wine, David Coulthard besides working in BBC also have a share in a hotel in Monaco, Tarso Marques appeared in reality shows and works with his father in a tuning garage

Raul Boesel nowadays is known as a DJ and raced powerboats before that, Fernando Alonso also have a cycling team and might work with this after retirement. Giancarlo Fisichella played football in a youth level but chose to race

not to mention Julian Bailey and Perry McCarthy who were also the Stig. Tiff Needell also took some F1 races and then went to be a presenter for old Top Gear and Fifth Gear

David Purley used to fly acrobatic planes and Didier Pironi raced powerboats

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Alessandro Nannini runs a chain of coffee shops iirc

Thierry Boutsen runs a plane company called Boutsen Aviation (next to his racing team Boutsen Energy Racing).

Michael Andretti owns a race team or two, you might have heard of one of them.

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Niki Lauda is on his second airline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_(airline)

He sold Lauda Air in 1999/2000 after 20 years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauda_Air

Became notable for this accident which might be included in the next series of Air Crash Investigation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauda_Air_Flight_004

Michael Schumacher took up skiing.

Paolo Barilla likes his family's pasta

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Alessandro Zanardi became a successful wheelchair racer

<Insert Ralf Schumacher homosexual joke>

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Eddie Irvine became a playboy.

Oh wait...nevermind.

Gerhard Berger runs a trucking company.

JJ Lehto disappeared after his boating accident.
Mika Häkkinen has been Bottas' manager, but is mainly living a luxurious life.
Mika Salo has a TV-show about car tuning.
Heikki Kovalainen plays golf.

I thought he was in jail?

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Nah, there wasn't enough evidence that it was Lehto who drove the boat at the time of the crash in which his friend was killed. In his own words he was passed out on the floor of the boat.

james hunt

Thanks JJ, that I wasn't aware of. The only reports I'd seen suggested he faced jail time and then all went quiet. I assumed he'd been put away. It doesn't surprise me that he's keeping a low profile.

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Michael Schumacher lost some millions in one of the estate projects in Abu Dhabi that went wrong (and some say that was the reason why he returned to race)


the first brazilian to race in F1, Chico Landi, was the head of Interlagos during the 80's until his death and was responsible for return of F1 there alongside with Shell and Ayrton Senna

Alex Zanardi is also a talented cook (he's from Bologna, so that's natural ), but after he decided to be a paralympic athlete he went to be the racer that I admire the most. His olympic medals are for me the greatest achievement a man could receive

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He made like 60 millions a year in the new millennium (with Ferrari). That must have been some losses if true.

I guess he took a part on those artificial islands "the world"

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