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| Slid on an oil slick from Umberto Magioli's car, then struck a stray wheel from the wreckage of José Froilán González's Rob Walker [[Lotus]]. This caused the [[O.S.C.A.]] to swerve at high speed into the earth bank on the other side of the road, striking it head on and also launching over it, with the car landing in a nearby farm. Cabianca was thrown out of his car in the accident, and suffered major head and neck trauma, which resulted in him being pronounced dead. | | Slid on an oil slick from Umberto Magioli's car, then struck a stray wheel from the wreckage of José Froilán González's Rob Walker [[Lotus]]. This caused the [[O.S.C.A.]] to swerve at high speed into the earth bank on the other side of the road, striking it head on and also launching over it, with the car landing in a nearby farm. Cabianca was thrown out of his car in the accident, and suffered major head and neck trauma, which resulted in him being pronounced dead. | ||
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+ | | Spun in the wet at the Dunlop Curve, being ejected from the car. The Jaguar was then struck by the Ferrari of [[Bruce Kessler]] causing both cars to burst into flames. Brussin perished immediately whereas Kessler sustained extensive burns. | ||
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Revision as of 11:37, 25 January 2019
The following is a list of fatal accidents that have claimed the life of a driver in canon.
List
Year | Driver | Car | Location | Series | Cause |
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1951 | Luigi Fagioli | Maserati 4CL | Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium | Formula One | Skidded on oil at Burnenville and slid into an earth bank before subsequently rolling twice. Died the following day from massive head and chest injuries. |
1951 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Gordini T15 | Silverstone, United Kingdom | Formula One | Barrel-rolled after losing control on oil and was ejected from the car. |
1955 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 750 Monza | Monza, Italy | Sportscar testing | Ejected from the car after a double somersault. |
1955 | Pierre Levegh | Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR | Le Mans, France | Le Mans 24 Hours | Crashed into crowd, killing himself and 83 spectators. |
1956 | Dries van der Lof | Lotus 10 | Rouen-les-Essarts, France | Formula One | Car veered into grass bank before catching fire. Eight spectators were killed by flying debris. |
1956 | André Milhoux | Gordini G-953 | Rostock, East Germany | Formula One | Crashed into trees and died instantly. |
1956 | Paco Godia | Ferrari R560 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Formula One | Lost control and span into the trackside trees, getting thrown from the car. |
1956 | Tony Brooks | BCMA C-01 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Formula One | Collided with a lamppost and killed instantly. |
1957 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari 315 S | Near Brescia, Italy | Mille Miglia | Car hits a ditch and is sent into a crowd, killing Castellotti, his co-driver Edmund Nelson and nine spectators. |
1957 | Edmund Nelson | Ferrari 315 S | Near Brescia, Italy | Mille Miglia | Passenger in Castellotti's crash. |
1958 | Alfonso de Portago | Ferrari 246 | Modena, Italy | Formula One Testing | Crash during testing. |
1958 | Giulio Cabianca | O.S.C.A. F158 | Reims, France | Formula One | Slid on an oil slick from Umberto Magioli's car, then struck a stray wheel from the wreckage of José Froilán González's Rob Walker Lotus. This caused the O.S.C.A. to swerve at high speed into the earth bank on the other side of the road, striking it head on and also launching over it, with the car landing in a nearby farm. Cabianca was thrown out of his car in the accident, and suffered major head and neck trauma, which resulted in him being pronounced dead. |
1958 | Jean-Marie Brussin | Jaguar D Type | Le Mans, France | Le Mans 24 Hours | Spun in the wet at the Dunlop Curve, being ejected from the car. The Jaguar was then struck by the Ferrari of Bruce Kessler causing both cars to burst into flames. Brussin perished immediately whereas Kessler sustained extensive burns. |
1966 | Francesco Fausti | Maserati Tipo 61 | Sicily, Italy | Targa Florio | Car slipped off the road during a thunderstorm. |
1967 | Georges Berger | Porsche 911 | Nürburgring, Germany | Marathon de la Route | Car dug into a ravine and burst into flames. |
1976 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari 312T | Bikernieki Circuit, Riga, Soviet Union | Formula One | Made contact with Vittorio Brambilla's right rear, being flown up into the air just before the braking point. The Ferrari went straight on and made contact with the wall lining the track head-on. Lauda was pronounced dead after several hours of attempted resuscitation at the nearby hospital. |
2013 | Dave McFaste | FAT-HART FAT01 | Shanghai, China | F1RWRS | Struck the wall at high speed, his head colliding with an unknown object. Died from a cerebral haemorrhage later that evening. |
2015 | Nobushige Fukuda | Scaven S15 | Kyoto Ring, Japan | RoLFS | Pitched into a roll by Tristan Jung before being struck by Tanner Jason. |