“I place the blame on him [Chapman] and rightfully so, because he should have calculated that the wing would break.”
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Jochen Rindt
Karl Jochen Rindt was a racing driver who competed under the Austrian flag in Formula One from 1964 to 1970. Rindt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1970 with Lotus, and remains the only driver to have won the World Drivers' Championship posthumously, following his death at the Italian Grand Prix; he won six Grands Prix across seven seasons. In endurance racing, Rindt won the 24 H…
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sports · Racing driver (1942–1970) · Formula One driver · racing automobile driver · also Jochen Rindt, Karl Jochen Rindt, Rindt
Born 18 April 1942 · Died 5 September 1970 · Q3234
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2026· 2 entries
“These wings are insanity [ein Wahnsinn] in my eyes and should not be allowed on racing cars. ... But to get any wisdom into Colin Chapman”
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2020· 4 entries
autoevolution: 1966 Porsche 906 Raced by Jochen Rindt Listed for Sale
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ESPN: Remembering Jochen Rindt, 50 years on from his death at Monza
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レッドブル: Helmut Marko: My days with Jochen Rindt
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レッドブル: Looking back at Jochen Rindt's iconic victory at the 1970 French Grand Prix
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2014· 1 entry
Heinz Prüller recalled Rindt speaking about Indianapolis in 1967: "In Indianapolis, I always feel like I am on my way to my own funeral
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2013· 1 entry
autoweek: This week in 1970: Jochen Rindt wins French Grand Prix
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2011· 1 entry
CNN: Jochen Rindt: Champion from beyond the grave
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2000· 1 entry
On the 30th anniversary of his death, the city of Graz unveiled a bronze plaque in remembrance of Rindt, with wife Nina and daughter Natasha present
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1985· 1 entry
A real estate agent found the wreckage and bought it from the authorities, later trading it in 1993 for a Lola Formula 3 car
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1970· 4 entries
Died 1970-09-05.
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Deceased Motorsport (1970).
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Shortly after Rindt's death, and remains there as the Essen Motor Show
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With Lotus, and remains the only driver to have won the World Drivers' Championship posthumously, following his death at the Italian Grand Prix; he won six Grands Prix across seven seasons
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1969· 1 entry
“It is catastrophic, I only drive there because of the money.”
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1968· 2 entries
When he flipped over a Mini Cooper during a demonstration run at an autocross event in Großhöflein, while his pregnant wife was on board
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After finishing slightly more than half of the 1967 race
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1967· 1 entry
Dominated Formula Two, winning nine races in his Brabham BT23
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1966· 1 entry
His Ford GT40 (shared with Innes Ireland) suffered an engine failure
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1965· 2 entries
Rindt put together the first exhibition of racing cars in Austria, the Jochen-Rindt-Show in Vienna
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In 1965, Rindt put together the first exhibition of racing cars in Austria, the Jochen-Rindt-Show in Vienna.
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1964· 3 entries
And soon became friends, often going on holiday together and living near each other in Switzerland
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Sharing a Ferrari 250LM with David Piper, the car retired too early for Rindt even to take the wheel
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Rindt made his debut in Formula One at the Austrian Grand Prix, before securing a full drive with Cooper for 1965
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1963· 2 entries
Was successful in both Formula Junior and Formula Two
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Rindt switched to Formula Junior with the assistance of Kurt Bardi Barry, a wealthy owner of a travel agency and one of Austria's leading drivers at the time; Barry gave him his one-year-old Cooper T67 and the two men fo
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1960· 1 entry
Received his first car, an old Volkswagen Beetle
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-04-18.
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