RACING DRIVER

Jochen Rindt

1942 - 1970

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Karl Jochen Rindt (German: [ˈjɔxn̩ ˈʁɪnt]; 18 April 1942 – 5 September 1970) 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 Hours of Le Mans in 1965 with NART. Born in Germany and raised in Austria, Rindt started motor racing in 1961. Switching to single-seaters in 1963, he was successful in both Formula Junior and Formula Two. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jochen Rindt is the 17th most popular racing driver (down from 15th in 2019), the 547th most popular biography from Germany (down from 538th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Racing Driver.

Jochen Rindt is most famous for being the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Championship.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jochen Rindt ranks 17 out of 1,080. Before him are Giuseppe Farina, Gilles Villeneuve, Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Ken Miles, and Jackie Stewart. After him are Roland Ratzenberger, Jim Clark, Jacky Ickx, Ronnie Peterson, Jack Brabham, and Graham Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jochen Rindt ranks 47. Before him are David Bradley, Giorgio Agamben, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Jacques Rogge, Martin Rees, and Michel Mayor. After him are Lou Reed, Giacinto Facchetti, Alassane Ouattara, Giancarlo Giannini, Sixto Rodriguez, and The Iron Sheik. Among people deceased in 1970, Jochen Rindt ranks 26. Before him are Mark Rothko, C. V. Raman, Semyon Timoshenko, Rudolf Carnap, Heinrich Brüning, and Alfred Newman. After him are Napoleon Hill, Eric Berne, Artem Mikoyan, Vladimir Propp, Leslie Groves, and Hugh Dowding.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jochen Rindt ranks 547 out of 7,253. Before him are Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Kurt Meyer (1910), Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817), and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858). After him are Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Albert the Bear (1100), and Louise Mountbatten (1889).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Jochen Rindt ranks 2. Before him are Michael Schumacher (1969). After him are Jochen Mass (1946), Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Walter Röhrl (1947), Rudolf Caracciola (1901), Sebastian Vettel (1987), Ralf Schumacher (1975), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), Nico Hülkenberg (1987), and Stefan Bellof (1957).

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