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Despite being very successful in [[Formula Two|Formula 2]] (by winning for instance the 1964 ''London Trophy''), Rindt kept on choosing the wrong F1 cars. Rindt made his [[Formula One]] debut for Rob Walker Racing Team in the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix. It was to be his only Grand Prix of the year. From 1965 to 1967, Rindt raced for Cooper Car Company, scoring 32 points in 29 races. In 1968, Rindt raced for Brabham, but Rindt's season wasn't what he had hoped for, due to technical problems. Rindt also raced in the [[Indianapolis 500]] in both 1967 and 1968, but finished no better than 24th. |
Despite being very successful in [[Formula Two|Formula 2]] (by winning for instance the 1964 ''London Trophy''), Rindt kept on choosing the wrong F1 cars. Rindt made his [[Formula One]] debut for Rob Walker Racing Team in the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix. It was to be his only Grand Prix of the year. From 1965 to 1967, Rindt raced for Cooper Car Company, scoring 32 points in 29 races. In 1968, Rindt raced for Brabham, but Rindt's season wasn't what he had hoped for, due to technical problems. Rindt also raced in the [[Indianapolis 500]] in both 1967 and 1968, but finished no better than 24th. |
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[[Image:1967 Cooper-Maserati T86 191599250.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Cooper-Maserati T86, in 1967 driven by [[Jochen Rindt]]]] |
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[[Image:RindtJochen1970LotusF2.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Jochen driving a [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Formula Two|F2]] car at the [[Nürburgring]] in 1970.]]Rindt was noted for being an exceptionally fast driver with superb car control and reflexes, but rarely had a car equal of his talent until 1969 when Rindt moved to [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] and it was with Lotus that Rindt's career took off. Rindt clinched the first Grand Prix victory of his career in the Grand Prix of the USA in [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]]. Rindt finished that year with 22 points, giving him fourth place in the World Drivers' Championship. Rindt occasionally had a fraught relationship with [[Colin Chapman]] as he preferred a stable technological footing as opposed to Chapman's need to innovate and invent, but the two forged a successful partnership. Rindt's 1970 season started with a dramatic last corner win at Monaco. Thereafter armed with perhaps the greatest Formula one car of all time, the [[Lotus 72]], Rindt rattled off four more Grands Prix wins with ease in The Netherlands, France, Britain and Germany that year. |
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During practice for the 1970 Italian Grand Prix in [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], near [[Milan]], Rindt was attempting to set a competitive qualifying time against the more powerful Ferraris. At first he insisted on driving the [[Lotus 49]] but was told by [[Colin Chapman]] that only the Lotus 72 was available. Either he drove the 72 or he didn't have to drive was the choice Chapman gave him. Rindt elected to have the critically important wings removed in an attempt to gain a higher top speed and took to the track. |
During practice for the 1970 Italian Grand Prix in [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], near [[Milan]], Rindt was attempting to set a competitive qualifying time against the more powerful Ferraris. At first he insisted on driving the [[Lotus 49]] but was told by [[Colin Chapman]] that only the Lotus 72 was available. Either he drove the 72 or he didn't have to drive was the choice Chapman gave him. Rindt elected to have the critically important wings removed in an attempt to gain a higher top speed and took to the track. |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Austrian |
| Active years | 1964 - 1970 |
| Teams | Brabham-BRM, Cooper-Climax, Cooper-Maserati, Brabham-Repco, Lotus-Ford |
| Entries | 62 (60 starts) |
| Championships | 1 (1970) |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 13 |
| Career points | 107 (109)[1] |
| Pole positions | 10 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| First entry | 1964 Austrian Grand Prix |
| First win | 1969 United States Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1970 German Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1970 Italian Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 1964 - 1967 |
| Teams | NART Comstock Racing Porsche |
| Best finish | 1st (1965) |
| Class wins | 1 (1965) |
Karl Jochen Rindt (April 18, 1942 - September 5, 1970) was a German-Austrian racing driver. He is the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Away from Formula One Rindt was highly successful in other single-seat formulae, as well as sports car racing. In 1965 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, driving a Ferrari 250LM in partnership with American Masten Gregory.
Biography
Jochen Rindt was born in Mainz, Germany, but after his parents were killed in a bombing raid in Hamburg during the Second World War[2], he moved to live with his grandparents in Graz, Austria, where he grew up and started motor racing.
Despite being very successful in Formula 2 (by winning for instance the 1964 London Trophy), Rindt kept on choosing the wrong F1 cars. Rindt made his Formula One debut for Rob Walker Racing Team in the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix. It was to be his only Grand Prix of the year. From 1965 to 1967, Rindt raced for Cooper Car Company, scoring 32 points in 29 races. In 1968, Rindt raced for Brabham, but Rindt's season wasn't what he had hoped for, due to technical problems. Rindt also raced in the Indianapolis 500 in both 1967 and 1968, but finished no better than 24th.
Rindt was noted for being an exceptionally fast driver with superb car control and reflexes, but rarely had a car equal of his talent until 1969 when Rindt moved to Lotus and it was with Lotus that Rindt's career took off. Rindt clinched the first Grand Prix victory of his career in the Grand Prix of the USA in Watkins Glen. Rindt finished that year with 22 points, giving him fourth place in the World Drivers' Championship. Rindt occasionally had a fraught relationship with Colin Chapman as he preferred a stable technological footing as opposed to Chapman's need to innovate and invent, but the two forged a successful partnership. Rindt's 1970 season started with a dramatic last corner win at Monaco. Thereafter armed with perhaps the greatest Formula one car of all time, the Lotus 72, Rindt rattled off four more Grands Prix wins with ease in The Netherlands, France, Britain and Germany that year.
During practice for the 1970 Italian Grand Prix in Monza, near Milan, Rindt was attempting to set a competitive qualifying time against the more powerful Ferraris. At first he insisted on driving the Lotus 49 but was told by Colin Chapman that only the Lotus 72 was available. Either he drove the 72 or he didn't have to drive was the choice Chapman gave him. Rindt elected to have the critically important wings removed in an attempt to gain a higher top speed and took to the track.
As Rindt braked for the Parabolica corner, the Lotus 72 suddenly darted left and slammed hard into the guard rails. The crash had possibly been caused by one of his front brake shafts (the car had inboard brakes) failing. The barriers were placed too high for the revolutionary wedge design of his Lotus 72. He was immediately rushed to hospital, but died on the way. Rindt had only recently acquiesced to wearing a simple lap belt, and had slid underneath where the belt buckle cut his throat. He was the second Lotus team leader to be killed in two years, as Jim Clark had been killed in 1968.
Rindt is buried at the central cemetery (Zentralfriedhof) in Graz.
At the time he died Rindt had won five of that year's ten Grands Prix, which meant that he had a strong lead in the World Drivers Championship. At that stage he theoretically could have been overtaken by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx. However Rindt's Lotus team mate, Emerson Fittipaldi, won the penultimate Grand Prix of the year at Watkins Glen, depriving Ickx of the points he needed to win the title, and so Rindt became motor racing's first posthumous World Champion. The trophy was presented to his Finnish widow Nina Rindt nee Lincoln, daughter of famous Finnish racer, Curt Lincoln. In a tragic twist of irony, it was learned that Jochen had promised Nina he would retire from F1 if he won the world championship.
Complete World Championship Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Notes
- ^ a b Up until 1990, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see list of pointscoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
- ^ http://sport.orf.at/070417-9016/index.html
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