"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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Imagine turning up to watch sedans race at Snetterton in Norfolk, in the east of England, and discovering that Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris are entered in works Alfas and Fords.

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.

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 ...

(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 ...