# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-hobbs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:33:24.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-hobbs"
name: "David Hobbs"
slug: "david-hobbs"
description: "David Wishart Hobbs is a British former racing driver. He worked as a commentator from the mid 1970s for CBS until 1996, Speed from 1996 to 2012 and NBC from 2013 to 2017. In 1969, Hobbs was included in the FIA list of graded drivers, a group of 27 drivers who by their achievements were rated the best in the world. Hobbs was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009."
tagline: "British former racing driver, racing commentator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Hobbs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.52
  momentum:             15.77218057637848
  historical:           17.83798533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0387586"
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    title: "David Hobbs"
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  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hobbs"
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    title: "David Hobbs"
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    title: "David Hobbs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump