Accidents, even in the most dangerous age of motor-racing tended not just to happen. Drivers did sometimes just make a mistake, lose control and fly off the circuit but because they all knew the likely consequences, most drove accordingly. More usually it required a combination of factors, one or more beyond the driver’s control to part him from the track. And perhaps there are few more pertinent examples of circumstances coming together in such a way than those that contrived to rob Jochen Rindt of his life 50 years ago tomorrow.
Jochen Rindt – greatness cut short | Thank Frankel it’s Friday

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