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At the time, Clark described the accident by saying: "Von Trips and I were racing along the straightaway and were nearing one of the banked curves, the one on the southern end. We were about 100 metres from the beginning of the curve. Von Trips was running close to the inside of the track. I was closely following him, keeping near the outside.
The race was marked by one of the most terrible accidents in the history of Formula One, when on the end of lap 2, at the approach to the Parabolica, German driver Wolfgang von Trips lost control of his Ferrari after colliding with the Lotus of Jim Clark and crashed into a fence line of spectators, killing 15 and himself.
In the Grand Touring class, one of the works driver, Wolfgang von Trips had an accident in the challenging Breidscheid section, following a change in a pedal layout in his Ferrari 250 GT. He was admitted to hospital with cuts and bruises and was unable to participate in the race. [2]
Wolfgang von Trips: 10 Sep 1961 [2] Curva Parabolica 1961 FIA Formula 1 World Championship: 1961 Italian Grand Prix: Ferrari Dino 156 22 Marcello De Luca: 16 Sep 1962 Curva Parabolica 1962 Campionato Italiano Formula Junior 1962 Coppa Junior Monza: Dagrada - Lancia 23 Norberto Bagnalasta: 28 June 1964 Rettifilo Tribune 1964 Italian F3 Championship
In 1961, Clark was involved in one of the worst accidents in the history of F1 racing. In the 1961 Italian Grand Prix on 10 September at Monza, Wolfgang von Trips in his Ferrari collided with Clark's Lotus. [8] [9] Von Trips's car became airborne and crashed into a side barrier, fatally throwing von Trips out of the car and killing fifteen ...
1959 Dino 246 S, s/n 0784, driven to a second place overall by Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips. Even before the race started, Ferrari had a frightening accident where Allisons’s 250 TR suffered a blown tyre, and was withdrawn from the event. [5] At the start, the remaining three Scuderia Ferrari’s in the Sport category were the favourites ...
Wolfgang von Trips (FRG) [note 9] September 10, 1961: 33 Italian Grand Prix: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza: Ferrari 156 F1: Race [27] Ricardo Rodríguez (MEX) November 1, 1962: 20 Mexican Grand Prix † Autódromo Magdalena Mixiuhca: Lotus 24: Practice [28] Gary Hocking (FRN) December 21, 1962: 25 Natal Grand Prix † Westmead Circuit Lotus 24 ...
On lap 96, with nine laps to go, [4] von Trips lost a certain third place when his engine blew up. Brabham inherited it, but he in turn lost the place when the engine in his Cooper T43 - Climax [ 5 ] cut out at Casino five laps from the end. [ 6 ]