21689, citing Zentralfriedhof, Graz, Graz Stadt, Styria (Steiermark), Austria ; Maintained by Find A Grave . Born in Germany and raised in Austria, he knew how Jochen Rindt was super-cool and mega-quick. Karl Jochen Rindt (born April 18, 1942 in Mainz, Germany; died September 5, 1970 in Monza, Italy) was a German racing driver who represented Austria during his career. ... Jochen Rindt. Imagine turning up for a saloon-car race at Snetterton and discovering that Hamilton, Verstappen and Vettel are entered in works Alfas and Fords.. Back in 1966, on a wet, windswept Sunday in June, the Touring Car feature race included Jackie Stewart in a Lotus Cortina and Austrian sensation Jochen Rindt enlisted to drive the Autodelta team’s Alfa Romeo GTA. Jochen Rindt drove the game-changing Lotus 72 for the 1970 season. Today marks the 50 th anniversary of Austrian racing driver Jochen Rindt’s death in 1970 in a qualifying accident on the eve of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. He was just 28 years old. Curt enjoyed a successful racing career throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and also played tennis for Finland. Jochen Rindt is dead. With the stylish, willowy Nina on his arm and stopwatches, this German-born Austrian epitomised motor racing in the second half of the 1960s. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Jochen Karl Rindt (18 Apr 1942–5 Sep 1970), Find a Grave Memorial no. Jochen won, beating all the local heroes in their 3.8 Jaguars, and went on to score a lot of success with the car. Nina's brother Lars also played tennis, representing his country on more than one occasion. Death Spot of Jochen Rindt (Google Maps). The 72 model is regarded as one of the most pioneering F1 designs in history and the maverick designer Colin Chapman would go on to rewrite the approach to Formula One car design forever. Although Rindt never became an Austrian citizen, he did drive his entire career under an Austrian racing licence. Austria has lost a national hero. Jochen Rindt's death was a great loss to the sport, having seen him racing a numerous circuits, out driving Stewart at Silverstone, he could and would have excelled within the sport but to voice strong and harsh opinions without hard evidence as to the exact cause appears to … It is September 5, 1970. Republished to mark 50 years since his death ... hampered by never seeming to be in the right car at the right time. Rindt driving a Lotus F2 car at the Nürburgring in 1970.. Jochen Rindt was born in Mainz, Germany, but after his parents were killed in a bombing raid in Hamburg during the Second World War, he was raised by his grandparents in Graz, Austria, where he grew up and started motor racing. Nina Rindt, originally named Nina Lincoln, was born in 1943, the daughter of top Finnish racing driver and tennis player Curt Lincoln. The 1965 Le Mans winner who drove his way from airfield races to Formula Two and right on to Formula One, where he was to be crowned champion posthumously, was a dazzling personality. Uncrowned King of Formula 1.
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