List of fatal accidents
From Formula Rejects Wiki
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 | 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. |
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. |