Table 1

Fatalities in Formula One Specification Cars at Officially Sanctioned Race Meetings or Official/Private Testing Sessions 1950-1997

NAME Nat Team Test/Race Accident Date Date of

Death

Accident

Location

Onofre Marimon Arg Maserati R - P 31/7/54 31/7/54 Nurburgring,

Ger

Eugenio Castelotti Ita Ferrari T 14/3/57 14/3/57 Modena,Ita
Luigi Musso Ita Ferrari R 6/7/58 6/7/58 Rheims,

Fra

Peter Collins GB Ferrari R 3/8/58 3/8/58 Nurburgring,

Ger

Stuart Lewis-Evans GB Vanwall R 19/10/58 25/10/58 Casablanca,

Mor

Harry Schell USA Cooper T 13/5/60 13/5/60 Silverstone,

GB

Chris Bristow GB Cooper R 19/6/60 19/6/60 Spa, Bel
Alan Stacey GB Lotus R 19/6/60 19/6/60 Spa, Bel
Guilo Cabianca Ita Cooper-Ferrari T

??

15/6/61 Modena,Ita
Wolfgang Von Trips Ger Ferrari R 10/9/61 10/9/61 Monza, Ita
Carel Gonin de Beaufort NL Porsche R -P 31/7/64 3/8/64 Nurburgring,

Ger

John Taylor GB Brabham-BRM R 7/8/66 8/9/66 Nurburgring,

Ger

Lorenzo Bandini Ita Ferrari R 7/5/67 10/5/67 Monaco, MC
Bob Anderson GB-RSR Brabham T 14/8/67 14/8/67 Silverstone,

GB

Jo Schlesser Fra Honda R 7/7/68 7/7/68 Rouen, Fra
Piers Courage GB Williams-

Tomaso

R 21/6/70 21/6/70 Zandvoort,

NL

Jochen Rindt Aut Lotus R - P 5/9/70 5/9/70 Monza, Ita
Roger Williamson GB March R 29/7/73 29/7/73 Zandvoort,

NL

Francois Cevert Fra Tyrrell R - P 6/10/73 6/10/73 Watkins Glen, USA
Peter Revson USA Shadow T 22/3/74 22/3/74 Kyalami, SA
Helmut Koinigg Aut Surtees R 6/10/74 6/10/74 Watkins Glen, USA
Mark Donohue USA Penske R - W 17/8/75 19/8/75 Osterrichring,

AUT

Tom Pryce GB Shadow R 5/3/77 5/3/77 Kyalami, RSA
Ronnie Peterson Swe Lotus R 10/9/78 11/9/78 Monza, Ita
Patrick Depailler Fra Alfa Romeo T 1/8/80 1/8/80 Hockenheim

Ger

Gilles Villeneuve Can Ferrari R - P 8/5/82 8/5/82 Zolder, Bel
Ricardo Paletti Ita Osella R 13/6/82 13/6/82 Montreal, Can
Elio de Angelis Ita Brabham T 15/5/86 15/5/86 Paul Ricard, Fra
Roland Ratzenberger Aut Simtek R - P 30/4/94 30/4/94 Imola, Ita
Ayrton Senna Bra Williams R 1/5/94 1/5/94 Imola, Ita
Sources: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing - Peter Higham 1995

Formula One Driver by Driver - Alan Henry 1992

The Times Newspaper Archive

Key:

Race/ Test:

T Test session

R-P Race, practice session

R-W Race, warm up session

R Race

Nationality:

Arg Argentina Aut Austria Bel Belgium Bra Brazil Can Canada Fra France

GB Great Britain Ger Germany Ita Italy MC Monte Carlo Mor Morocco

NL The Netherlands RSA South Africa RSR Rhodesia Swe Sweden

USA United States of America