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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jochen Rindt has received more than 1,563,449 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Jochen Rindt is the 15th most popular racing driver (up from 16th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from Germany (down from 447th 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 15 out of 1,080. Before him are Alberto Ascari, Emerson Fittipaldi, Giuseppe Farina, Nelson Piquet, Carroll Shelby, and Jackie Stewart. After him are Gilles Villeneuve, Bruce McLaren, Ronnie Peterson, Helmut Marko, Keke Rosberg, and Jacky Ickx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jochen Rindt ranks 42. Before him are Giorgio Agamben, Tobin Bell, Michel Mayor, Giacinto Facchetti, Jacques Rogge, and Bob Hoskins. After him are László Sólyom, John Irving, Margaret Court, Michael Crichton, Wen Jiabao, and Wolfgang Schäuble. Among people deceased in 1970, Jochen Rindt ranks 26. Before him are Otto Heinrich Warburg, Rudolf Carnap, Semyon Timoshenko, Leslie Groves, C. V. Raman, and Eric Berne. After him are Andrey Yeryomenko, Napoleon Hill, Vladimir Propp, Artem Mikoyan, Bruce McLaren, and Heinrich Brüning.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jochen Rindt ranks 538 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerhard Richter (1932), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Theodor Morell (1886), Klaus Fuchs (1911), and Hugh of Saint Victor (1096). After him are Adolf Galland (1912), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Rudi Völler (1960), Philipp Scheidemann (1865), Aby Warburg (1866), and Wilhelm List (1880).

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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 Walter Röhrl (1947), Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Rudolf Caracciola (1901), Jochen Mass (1946), Sebastian Vettel (1987), Ralf Schumacher (1975), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), Karl Kling (1910), and Stefan Bellof (1957).

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