Jochen Rindt: Difference between revisions

 

===Formula One===

Rindt made his Formula One debut at his home race, the [[1964 Austrian Grand Prix]], in a loaned [[Brabham BT11]] supplied by the [[Rob Walker Racing Team]]. He retired on the 58th lap with a broken steering column in his only Grand Prix of the season.{{sfn|Reuß|2010}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jenkinson|first=Denis|author-link=Denis Jenkinson|title=Austrian Grand Prix|journal=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|date=7 July 2014 |issue=October 1964|page=39|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1964/39/austrian-grand-prix|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116184204/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1964/39/austrian-grand-prix |archive-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

[[File:1965-08-01 Rindt, Jochen - Cooper Climax.jpg|thumb|Rindt on his way to fourth place at the [[1965 German Grand Prix]]|alt=Black-and-white photograph of Jochen Rindt racing in a wingless Cooper Formula One car with his name visibly written on the side of the car]]

{{F1|1967}} was less successful, as Rindt only finished two races, the [[1967 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian]] and [[1967 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grands Prix]], both in fourth place.<ref name=walitsch/> Six points meant that he ended the season in 13th place in the championship.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=1967 F1 World Championship|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/championships/1-f1/149-1967-f1-world-championship|magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116190423/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/championships/1-f1/149-1967-f1-world-championship |archive-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

 

Prior to {{F1|1968}}, Rindt received offers from every team except [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] and [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]],{{sfn|Giesser|2010}} and moved to Brabham, who had been world champions in the two previous seasons. Technical problems restricted him that year. Brabham's [[Repco#Repco V8 engine|Repco V8 engine]] was not competitive against the now widely used [[Cosworth DFV]]<ref name=walitsch/> and Rindt finished just two races, both in third place. At the season opener in [[1968 South African Grand Prix|South Africa]] on New Year's Day, Rindt placed third, being elevated by a late retirement from [[Jackie Stewart]] and closing on second-placed Graham Hill towards the end.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clark eases to victory in last grand prix|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/56585.html|publisher=ESPN|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116202324/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/56585.html |archive-date=16 January 2016|date=1 January 1968}}</ref> The race was won by [[Jim Clark]], a close friend of Rindt's. It was Clark's final Formula One race; he died three months later at a Formula Two race at [[Hockenheimring|Hockenheim]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tsvyk|first1=Andrew|title=1968 South African Grand Prix flashback|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/01/21/1968-south-african-grand-prix-flashback/|publisher=F1Fanatic|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116202105/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/01/21/1968-south-african-grand-prix-flashback/ |archive-date=16 January 2016|date=21 January 2009}}</ref> Rindt was deeply affected by his death, telling Austrian journalist Heinz Prüller: "If Jim Clark is not safe, what can happen to us?"{{sfn|Reuß|2010}} His second podium finish came in heavy rain and fog at the Nürburgring at the {{F1GP|1968|German}}, a race dominated by Stewart, who finished four minutes ahead of Hill in second place. Rindt had closed on Hill in the latter stages of the race after the Englishman spun, and finished just four seconds behind after a close battle during the last lap.<ref>{{cite web|title=Masterful Stewart tames treacherous Nurburgring|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/56647.html|publisher=ESPN|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116202849/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/56647.html |archive-date=16 January 2016|date=4 August 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Födisch|first1=Jörg Thomas|last2=Völker|first2=Bernhard|last3=Behrndt|first3=Michael|title=Der große Preis von Deutschland. Alle Rennen seit 1926|date=2008|publisher=Heel Verlag|location=Königswinter|isbn=978-3-86852-043-9|page=120}}</ref> His eight points placed him twelfth in the championship at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=1968 F1 World Championship|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/championships/1-f1/150-1968-f1-world-championship|magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116203211/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/championships/1-f1/150-1968-f1-world-championship |archive-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>