Jochen Rindt (1942–1970) was the only racing driver to be posthumously awarded the
Formula OneWorld Drivers' Championship, after his death during the
1970 racing season. His debut in Formula One came in
1964 at the
Austrian Grand Prix. He began racing for
Cooper in
1965, then moved to
Brabham for
1968 and
Lotus in
1969. It was at Lotus that Rindt found a competitive car, although he had concerns about its safety. He won his first Formula One race at the
1969 United States Grand Prix. He had a very successful 1970 season, winning five of the first nine races, mainly in the revolutionary
Lotus 72. In practice for the Italian Grand Prix, he spun into the guardrails after a failure on his brake shaft, and died from throat injuries. Overall, he competed in 62 Grand Prix races, winning 6 and achieving 13 podium finishes. He was also successful in
sports car racing, winning the
1965 24 Hours of Le Mans paired with
Masten Gregory in a
Ferrari 250LM. Rindt was a popular figure in Austria and his success increased interest there in motorsport, and Formula One in particular. (
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... that the newly designated Bears Ears National Monument(pictured) in southeastern Utah protects 100,000 archaeological sites, including
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings more than 3,500 years old?
The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by
Winslow Homer. It shows a black man in a small rudderless fishing boat struggling against the waves of the sea, and was the artist's last statement on a theme that had interested him for more than a decade. The painting is in the collection of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York City.
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Jochen Rindt (1942–1970) was the only racing driver to be posthumously awarded the
Formula OneWorld Drivers' Championship, after his death during the
1970 racing season. His debut in Formula One came in
1964 at the
Austrian Grand Prix. He began racing for
Cooper in
1965, then moved to
Brabham for
1968 and
Lotus in
1969. It was at Lotus that Rindt found a competitive car, although he had concerns about its safety. He won his first Formula One race at the
1969 United States Grand Prix. He had a very successful 1970 season, winning five of the first nine races, mainly in the revolutionary
Lotus 72. In practice for the Italian Grand Prix, he spun into the guardrails after a failure on his brake shaft, and died from throat injuries. Overall, he competed in 62 Grand Prix races, winning 6 and achieving 13 podium finishes. He was also successful in
sports car racing, winning the
1965 24 Hours of Le Mans paired with
Masten Gregory in a
Ferrari 250LM. Rindt was a popular figure in Austria and his success increased interest there in motorsport, and Formula One in particular. (
Full article...)
... that the newly designated Bears Ears National Monument(pictured) in southeastern Utah protects 100,000 archaeological sites, including
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings more than 3,500 years old?
The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by
Winslow Homer. It shows a black man in a small rudderless fishing boat struggling against the waves of the sea, and was the artist's last statement on a theme that had interested him for more than a decade. The painting is in the collection of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York City.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
5,330,406 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.