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A unique spot in F1's memoir, but not a happy one
©RainerSchlegilmilch Jochen Rindt holds a unique position in the annals of Formula 1 - but it's not a happy one. The legendary Austrian driver, who died on this day at Monza in 1970, is the only man in the history of the sport to have been crowned World Champion posthumously. In 1970, Rindt was driving for Team Lotus alongside John Miles. He won the Monaco Grand Prix with what his race engineer Herbie Blash called "the race of his life" after Jack Brabham crashed out on the last corner of the final lap. Engine failure put him out of the Belgian Grand Prix, but armed with Lotus' redoubtable new wedge-shaped 72, he then took four victories back-to-back in the Netherlands, France,...
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