Jochen Rindt: F1's Tragic Hero

[@britswitz]

As an Austrian (and from Graz), I can tell you, that Jochen is still very loved and cherished. And not at all forgotten! Thank you, for uploading this!

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

Jochen's expression after winning in Zandvoort after finding out Piers Courage had died after crashing during the Dutch Grand Prix - is just heartbreaking to see. His comment about him winning the World Championship, 🌎 or die trying, was prophetic in extremes as he succeeded in doing both simultaneously. He was a beautiful racing 🏁 driver whom I'd give away my heart ❤ just to have him still with us. Losing any driver is extremely painful 💔 😢 😞 but Jochen Rindt was a particularly poignant tragedy as he was planning on retiring had he won 🏆 the 1970 Title. Personally I will never get over the grief of losing the late great Jochen Rindt... May you rest in peace Jochen. You are so loved. Rx

[@stevenikitas8170]

Wow... quite a story. You can imagine what it was like for Nena, all the years of worry and then it happened. How sad. And Jochen worrying mostly about the car breaking, and then it happened. It is a tragic tale.

[@ysgol3]

Brilliant, thank you. Lots of things I haven't (as a Rindt fanatic) seen before. I especially love the new translations. Seeing Stewart, Hill, Hulme and (I think) Rodriguez close together and supporting each other after the crash is very moving I think. Zwickl is, surprisingly, wrong here about what killed Rindt. It was cutting his throat on the belt buckle which did it, after he 'submarined' on impact because of his catastrophic policy of not fastening his crotch strap. The submarining also caused his terrible foot injury, but it was the buckle which killed him. So so sad.

[@luisvaldes1568]

Watching his wife who was filmed the day he died, at the time he died, is wild.

[@luisvaldes1568]

That part of the track at Monza also saw very bad crash in early 60's F1 race with 12 or more fans killed along with drivers. It was just up the track a bit. It looks very different now.

[@alistairbartlett6569]

@@luisvaldes1568 That was Wolfgang Von Tripps after he collided with Jim Clark.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚωνσταντίνου-θ1ψ]

Great video for a real legend... A real sportsman and a real champion driver...

[@deltas4evo2]

Ich habe ihn noch zwei Wochen vorher beim stainzer bergrennen gesehen live!!!! Er ist heute noch ein Idol für mich!! R. I. P. CHAMP

[@andreasnahler9891]

In my mind, it is exactly, like JOCHEN's close Friend Bernie Ecclestone once said: "He did not think too much, what to do, or how to do it - he just jumped into the car, and DID IT. He was ALL NATURAL!!" I think, he was driving on a different level, than everyone else did, he was a genius behind the steering-wheel, very BRAVE and tremendously talented. But in summary, JOCHEN was much, much more, than just a brilliant racingdriver... He was a successful businessmen, "feared" and loved by his competitors. He was very symphatic and just authentic. Very sad, that he lost his young life in such a tragic accident!!

[@marclevesque3147]

From the shot at 25:39, most part of his legs were gone, if he had survived, he would likely have ended up in a wheel chair, Chapman refused to have the previous model car to the race against Rindt's wishes, he's at least partlly responsible for this accident...

[@Joescuderia]

Fantastic, would make a documentary on Stefan Bellof?

[@probablygraham]

The first grand prix I ever went to was the 1970 British grand prix at Brands Hatch when Jochen won after Brabham ran out of fuel a couple of corners before the flag. I had already seen him race in formula 2 a few times and he took his permanent opposite locking style with him into formula 1. Recently my brother died but I still remember quite clearly how he ran out of the house to tell me that they had announced that Jochen had been killed. I was simply stunned. I never saw a driver anything like as impressive as him after we sadly lost him. RIP Jochen.

[@richardneal102]

The sad facts are that all 3 Lotus drivers that died were unhappy for various reasons. Jim Clarke driving a meaningless F2 race at hockinhiem, Ronnie peterson driving the old Lotus 78, and Rindt testing the car without the rear wing, Lotus cars were fast but fragile.

[@keithashley6298]

Wonderfully talented. Such dangerous times but he carried on. RIP Jochen Rindt.

[@davidbarrett1487]

Race car warrior, very sad indeed, died young, always young and made his mark, lots of us don’t. R.I.P. Jochen Rindt.

[@lumby5919]

Brilliant video👍🏽

[@mirrorblue100]

I was hoping for more coverage of his time at Cooper - especially 1966 with Surtees as team mate. That was Rindt's breakout year - I expected him to be champion in '67.

[@DWREV]

Thanks for the feedback

[@chicobicalho5621]

The accident itself was somewhat similar to Senna's accident 24 years later, again in Italy. The car, out of nowhere, and to no fault of the driver, veered suddenly off the track slamming violently against the barrier and killing its driver almost instantly. Clark, Rindt, Peterson, Villeneuve, and Senna. Five blistering fast drivers killed horribly.

[@wanetawentz6501]

Nina, not Nena..... rip Jochen......great great GREAT CHAMPION OF F1 RACING.

[@josefnagl7394]

Jochen war der beste seiner Zeit er hatte nur das Pech jener Zeit in einem Formel 1 Auto das wieder Carbon noch andere Sicherheits Elemente hatte, er bleibt für immer unvergesslich!🏁🇦🇹‼🤔

[@annnee6818]

Und die Strecken auch nicht. Das Auto allein hätte ihn nicht umgebracht. Werde den Sinn dieser Leitplanken nie verstehen, davon wurden die Fahrer regelrecht guillotiniert, geholfen hat das kaum bis gar nicht. Cevert und Koinnig wurden von den Leitplanken regelrecht gefleischwolft, furchtbar. Hätte er ne Auslaufzone gehabt, er wäre noch da (Rindt und Koinnig jedenfalls)

[@sixtyshippee]

There would seem to be a factor with Lotus in those years with the performance of the cars outstripping the build quality especially in reguard to the tracks in those day.

[@SupBro-ww9go]

You should do Francois cevert or Tom Pryce

[@kennethjackson7574]

Rindt is seen very briefly in the opening minutes of John Frankenheimer’s 1966 movie Grand Prix.

[@SirOliverNorwell]

And also in the driver's meeting scene halfway through sitting beside Dan Gurney and tripping Graham Hill😅. Hilarious!

[@RaimundWoitinek]

So sad, I was ten years old but I remember how we where shocked in front of the television ….. and he was such precious human 😢😢😢

[@johnsuffill6520]

Colin Chapman believed that you should 'add lightness' to racing cars. That is what (allegedly) led to the ending of Stirling Moss' racing career and the deaths of Jim Clark and Jochen Rindt. Thank you Colin. NOT!

[@drews5569]

Minimizing impact forces in driver's body. Minimizing fire. Minimizing head movement with HANS. Halo. Without those improvements nearly half the current grid racing in 2022 - and countless others - would be long since deceased, including Max, Lewis and Charles.

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

I remember sport motorcycle riding above San Diego and being spooked by skid marks in the canyon curves left by cars and trucks. Seeing a bad crash would have sent me home quietly.

[@anselmobertoncini1518]

Stuart... um cara além da velocidade. Rindt RIP.

[@linoramalheira2136]

Rindt o maior de todos os tempos

[@lateralg3169]

Another top peddler. God Bless The Rindt family. When drivers actually drove.

[@mpojr]

Jochen Rindt l remember him well ,like all the young drivers before and after he drove into history

[@JohnWilkie-q1p]

For me jochen was the best i saw him drive at 1970 oulton park gold cup where he finished second holding the car in gear and driving with one hand

[@DWREV]

Wow, what a nice memory!

[@almarn]

Front suspension failure..Jim Clark..back suspension failure...a common point..Lotus car..Chapman did not care too much about security...

[@neilperry2224]

He was initially laughed at when he first appeared on the grid in an afghan coat and rather dashing bright tight trousers and Chelsea boots. Even his mechanics had a giggle behind his back, but he was the first driver to write a letter to Colin Chapman over the fragility of his racing cars. One good story is whilst following his friend Sir Jackie Stewart through a Swiss mountain village. The passenger door which his wife was leaning on snapped its hinges and dropped off. JS thought Rhindt had crashed as they weren't exactly sticking to the speed limits, so turned back and found Rhindt parked up with the door in the car and Rhindts wife a bit off colour and sitting on some steps in the village centre. Lotus got a car for the couple and they continued on their very fast journey to their homes. He submarined in his safety belts and crushed his throat, but they shouldn't have allowed him to drive off with his rear removed. He was chasing the fastest time , and removed the rear wing to reduce drag which he thought was costing him time around Monza . RIP Herr Joachim Rhindt, race the gods in their golden chariots ......

[@caribman10]

Wrote a letter to Chapman berating him about not putting just a little more substance into Lotus F1 cars so they wouldn't break so much and so easily.

[@alexstefanou9538]

Love to see one with Walter Rohl

[@DWREV]

We'll see what we can do!

[@thesunnynationg]

Nice 👍 I'd like that

[@carsyoungtimerfreak1149]

The problem with the voice over with these documentaries is that they are done by people who probably were not around in the 70s. It was a different era, I know I was there. Danger was experienced very differently from now. To me Rindt should have stepped out of the Lotus, Chapman and him were not a good team and Rindt very obviously did not like to drive a Lotus, nor did he like Chapman.

[@probablygraham]

Interesting that you say that about people talking on films about a time well before they were born, because I often think that. As for Rindt going to Lotus, he explains it quite well in the interview in the clip - he wanted to be world champion and felt that the only person who could build him a car which could do it was Chapman and was willing to take the risk associated with that.

[@SirOliverNorwell]

Bernie Ecclestone, one close friend of Jochen Rindt, was around at the time and he said that it was on and off with Rindt and Colin Chapman: one time they were best friends and then they argued again about Lotus' safety standards. I believe that Chapman was truly shocked when Jochen Rindt died.

[@castrotroy6622]

Correction, the seat I think cut his throat. I thought Francois Cevert was behind him?

[@mydogsmylifecircusdogtrainer]

I thought the seat belt straps cut his throat because his crutch strap wasn't attached and he slid forwards. very confusing to hear differently now

[@namiboosterhuizen6610]

@@mydogsmylifecircusdogtrainer You are correct

[@colinvannurden3090]

Ive never heard of Gregory...wow😮

[@annnee6818]

"... a Radl fliegt weg..." Er hatte Galgenhumor, so schade um ihn und die vielen anderen, die unter dem Deckmäntelchen der "Maskulinität" schlicht der Profitgier geopfert wurden.

[@stephanclemens2348]

The Computer Simulation of the crash looks surprisingly similar to what happened to Alan Simmonsen.

[@DWREV]

One of our REV journalists was actually at Le Mans the year Simonsen crashed at Le Mans, following the fortunes of the Aston Martin team, and your comment has resonated with them.

[@mariomicallef7142]

To this day, Rindt is the only posthumous World Champion.

[@kimwarfield1587]

How many guys died driving for Chapman. That guy killed many drivers.

[@namiboosterhuizen6610]

If you count Ronnie Petersen, five that I know of. Alan Stacy, Jim Clark, Mike Spence and Jochen Rindt.

[@claudiodiez55]

Such a Huge Loss. to many died to soon.

[@jakobmarley1127]

Das Wichtigste: Ohne den kleinen Drogisten Zwickl wäre Jochen Rindt nie so schnell gewesen 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ihn hat er immer vorher gefragt, wie er die Autos fahren muss 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GBURGE55]

Always forget that Scandinavian Nina Rindt's maiden name was an English one!

[@janelavie4115]

His father Curt Lincoln was a well known racing driver in Finland in the 50’s. So even though Nina Lincoln was a famous fashion model herself, she had a strong connection to motor sports from her family.

[@Jason-vp8nd]

Probably the way that I would be too I would probably be destroy the track record as well but I don't get the opportunity because well I just don't I guess I love nothing to do nothing more than just drive I literally drive to work so I can drive all day long and I literally drive home after it all I do is drive I love it

[@peterhammer4644]

Great document. But boy do I hate it when they overlap Jochens talking with the stupid English 😡. Undertitles would work much better.

[@Haychbeeguitar]

He’s Austrian not German

[@ericgordon4746]

Jocken was not that way.

[@pacmanindy]

Rindt drove in two Indy 500s. According to my late uncle, Rindt thought that the 500 was just another race. In reality, the driver was being disrespectful about Indy. Driving at Indy was valuable.

[@mariodelgado9729]

The 500 is just a widow maker, no substance and one dimensional track compared with the European and world wide road courses, as an American I find that most the gasoline ally grease monkeys and the media of that era very condescending toward drivers from other countries, hence just another race!!!!

[@pauli5506]

Die einfachen Leitplanken in Monza waren völlig ungeeignet für einen Aufprall des keilförmigen Lotus, Sicherheit Anno 1970, wo 3 Formel 1 Fahrer starben: Rindt, Mclaren und Courage........

[@2KOR521]

AUSTRIAN RACER🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 not a german !!!!!!

[@DWREV]

He grew up in Graz, Austria with his grandparents and was holding German citizenship.