List of Formula One fatal accidents

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In total, 5 drivers have died while driving a Formula One car at the Nürburgring, more then any other Formula One circuits.
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In total, 5 drivers have died while driving a Formula One car at the Nürburgring, more then any other Formula One circuits.
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This is a list of Formula One fatal accidents; that is, a list of all drivers who have been killed while driving a Formula One car or who have died as a result of a crash while driving a Formula One car after 1950.

In total, 37 drivers have died while driving a Formula One car, 24 of them being during a Grand Prix weekend, 9 of them during a test session and 4 being during a non-championship Formula One event.

Raymond Sommer was the first person to die while driving a Formula One car in September 1950; the latest being Ayrton Senna, who died in May 1994.

This page is accurate up to and including the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix (October 22, 2006).

[edit] By year

Driver Date of accident Grand Prix Team Stage of GP
France Raymond Sommer September 10, 1950 Haute Garonne GP (Cadours) Cooper Race
Belgium Charles de Tornaco September 18, 1953 Test (Modena Autodrome) Ferrari Test
Argentina Onofre Marimón July 31, 1954 1954 German Grand Prix Maserati Practice
Italy Eugenio Castellotti March 14, 1957 Test (Modena Autodrome) Ferrari Test
Italy Luigi Musso July 6, 1958 1958 French Grand Prix Ferrari Race
United Kingdom Peter Collins August 3, 1958 1958 German Grand Prix Ferrari Race
United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-Evans September 19, 1958 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix Vanwall Race
United Kingdom Ivor Bueb August 1, 1959 Test (Charade Circuit) Cooper Test
United States Harry Schell May 13, 1960 International Trophy (Silverstone) Cooper Qualifying
United Kingdom Chris Bristow [1] June 19, 1960 1960 Belgian Grand Prix Cooper Race
United Kingdom Alan Stacey [1] June 19, 1960 1960 Belgian Grand Prix Lotus Race
Italy Giulio Cabianca February 17, 1961 Test (Modena Autodrome) Cooper Test
Germany Wolfgang von Trips[2] September 10, 1961 1961 Italian Grand Prix Ferrari Race
Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez November 1, 1962 1962 Mexican Grand Prix Lotus Practice
Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort August 2, 1964 1964 German Grand Prix Porshe Practice
United Kingdom John Taylor August 7, 1966 [3] 1966 German Grand Prix Brabham Race
Italy Lorenzo Bandini May 7, 1967 [4] 1967 Monaco Grand Prix Ferrari Race
United Kingdom Bob Anderson August 14, 1967 Test (Silverstone) Brabham [5] Test
United Kingdom Mike Spence May 7, 1968 Test (Indianapolis) Lotus Test
France Jo Schlesser July 7, 1968 1968 French Grand Prix Honda Race
Germany Gerhard Mitter August 2, 1969 1969 German Grand Prix BMW [6] Practice
United Kingdom Piers Courage June 7, 1970 1970 Dutch Grand Prix De Tomaso [7] Race
Austria Jochen Rindt [8] September 5, 1970 1970 Italian Grand Prix Lotus Qualifying
Switzerland Jo Siffert October 24, 1971 1971 Brands Hatch Victory Race BRM Race
United Kingdom Roger Williamson July 29, 1973 1973 Dutch Grand Prix March Race
France François Cevert October 7, 1973 1973 United States Grand Prix Tyrrell Qualifying
United States Peter Revson March 30, 1974 1974 South African Grand Prix Shadow Pre-GP test
Austria Helmut Koinigg October 6, 1974 1974 United States Grand Prix Scuderia Finotto Race
United States Mark Donohue August 19, 1975 1975 Austrian Grand Prix Penske Practice
United Kingdom Tom Pryce [9] March 5, 1977 1977 South African Grand Prix Shadow Race
Sweden Ronnie Peterson September 11, 1978 1978 Italian Grand Prix Lotus Race
France Patrick Depailler August 1, 1980 Test (Hockenheimring) Alfa Romeo Test
Canada Gilles Villeneuve May 8, 1982 1982 Belgian Grand Prix Ferrari Qualifying
Italy Riccardo Paletti June 13, 1982 1982 Canadian Grand Prix Osella Race
Italy Elio de Angelis May 15, 1986 Test (Paul Ricard) Brabham Test
Austria Roland Ratzenberger April 30, 1994 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Simtek Qualifying
Brazil Ayrton Senna May 1, 1994 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Williams Race

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Although both drivers died at the same Grand Prix. Neither Alan Stacey or Chris Bristow were involved in the same accident, as Bristow died on the 19th lap and Stacey died on the 24th lap after a bird flew into his face and so Stacey lost control of his car.
  2. ^ Fifteen spectators were also killed in Von Trips' fatal accident.
  3. ^ John Taylor died of serious burns a few weeks after the accident on September 8, 1966 in Koblenz, Germany.
  4. ^ Lorenzo Bandini died three days after his accident.
  5. ^ Although Anderson died in a Brabham, the car was entered by a privatier team.
  6. ^ Mitter was driving a Formula Two car. F2 cars were allowed to take part in the F1 race as part of a separate contest.
  7. ^ Although Piers Courage was in a De Tomaso, the car was entered by Frank Williams Racing Cars.
  8. ^ After his death, Jochen Rindt was declared champion after his rivals failed to overhaul his points tally four rounds later.
  9. ^ As well as Tom Pryce, Jansen Van Vuuren, a teenage volunteer safety marshal, died in the accident after Pryce, who was unable to avoid him, collided with him at high speed.

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