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Rindt was pronounced dead while on the way to hospital. As his closest competitor Jacky Ickx was unable to score sufficient points in the remaining races of the season, Rindt was awarded the World Championship posthumously. Rindt left behind his wife, Nina, and a daughter, Natasha.
Sep 5, 2020 · There was no way of knowing what had happened. The fact that he had died at the wheel of a racing car brought little comfort, even though you seriously believed he had been put on earth to do ...
- Maurice Hamilton
Nov 18, 2020 · Fifty years on from his tragic death at Monza, Jochen Rindt is remembered by close friend and former manager Bernie Ecclestone.
- Ben Wyatt
Sep 5, 2020 · On the 50th anniversary of his tragic death at Monza, David Tremayne remembers Jochen Rindt - F1's only posthumous world champion, and a prolific racer taken far too soon...
Sep 21, 2020 · Half a century after his untimely death at the Italian Grand Prix meant he became Formula 1’s only posthumous world champion, Jochen Rindt’s influence smoulders still in a certain quarter of the paddock.
The news last Saturday afternoon that Jochen Rindt was dead brought the same feeling of blank disbelief that one felt two and a half years ago, when the tale filtered round the Brands Hatch...
Rindt died from injuries sustained when his Lotus crashed at Monza’s Parabolica during Italian GP practice on September 5, 1970. He had made 60 Formula 1 World Championship starts, winning six...
