Hermano João "Nano" da Silva Ramos (7 December 1925 – 4 May 2026) was a French-Brazilian racing driver. He had a French mother and a Brazilian father. He was the oldest living Formula One driver from April 2023 until his death.
Biography
Da Silva Ramos was born in Paris, France on 7 December 1925. He first ventured into motor racing, driving an MG TC, in March 1947, when at the age of 21, he competed in the Interlagos Grand Prix in Brazil.
He participated in seven Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1955 and scored a total of two championship points.
On the death of Kenneth McAlpine on 8 April 2023, da Silva Ramos became the oldest living former driver to have driven in a Formula One Grand Prix and on the death of Paul Goldsmith on 6 September 2024, he became the oldest living former driver to have driven in a round of the Formula One World Championship since Goldsmith competed in the 1958, 1959, and 1960 Indianapolis 500 races, which were rounds of the Formula One World Championship, but were not Formula One Grand Prixs.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! WDC
! Points
|-
| 1955
! Équipe Gordini
! Gordini Type 16
! Gordini Straight-6
| ARG
| MON
| 500
| BEL
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|rowspan=2| 1956
!rowspan=2| Équipe Gordini
! Gordini Type 16
! Gordini Straight-6
| ARG
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON<br>
| 500
| BEL
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=2| 19th
!rowspan=2| 2
|-
! Gordini Type 32
! Gordini Straight-8
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br>
| GER
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|}