"It’s a monkey swing,” exclaimed Jochen Rindt, using a local expression for a rollercoaster ride – and he wasn’t talking about his car, the quick yet delicate and dangerous Lotus 72. He meant the ...

This week in 1970 finds Jochen Rindt and his Lotus 72-Ford winning the French Grand Prix at Charade Circuit in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Posting a 7.61-second winning margin over second place Chris ...

Rindt, pictured earlier in the 1970 season - he was 28 when he died in a crash at Monza Bernie Ecclestone has seen many things in his long and controversial life. Born 90 years ago in the tiny Suffolk ...

Helmut Marko pauses in a layby on the Koppen mountain pass that connects the spa town of Bad Aussee with Obertraun on Lake Hallstatt. He’s standing in front of a fire-engine red Porsche 356 and ...

If you have just turned 18 and are about to receive your inheritance, what would you do? One man decided that the best thing to was to buy himself a Simca Montlhery and go racing with it! Formula One ...

Regular viewers of BBC’s Pointless will tell you that when a question arises asking the contestants to name a Formula One driver, two answers are normally given – Juan Pablo Montoya and Jochen Rindt.

Former Red Bull Racing top advisor Helmut Marko drew an unexpected comparison between F1 world champions Max Verstappen and Jochen Rindt. "Max is more like the elegant, young 'favourite son-in-law.' ...

You couldn't fail to notice Jochen Rindt. Apart from his distinctive looks, unruly hair and cool style of dress, every action image seemed to be an exuberant exhibition of opposite lock. This was in ...

Regular viewers of BBC’s Pointless will tell you that when a question arises asking the contestants to name a Formula One driver, two answers are normally given – Juan Pablo Montoya and Jochen Rindt.

(CNN)-- In September 1970, a 28-year-old Jochen Rindt led the Formula One World Championship heading into the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. A crash during the final practice session ahead of the race ...