Cooper T81 Driven by Jochen Rindt in the 1966 Mexican Grand Prix (V Gran Premio de Mexico)

Summary

Austrian Jochen Rindt competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans -- winning in 1965 -- and twice in the Indianapolis 500. He spent six seasons in Formula One. Rindt died in a crash during practice in 1970 but had already earned enough points for that year's F1 World Drivers' Championship -- the only driver to win the title posthumously.

Austrian Jochen Rindt competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans -- winning in 1965 -- and twice in the Indianapolis 500. He spent six seasons in Formula One. Rindt died in a crash during practice in 1970 but had already earned enough points for that year's F1 World Drivers' Championship -- the only driver to win the title posthumously.

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

23 October 1966

Subject Date

23 October 1966

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.N.661075.16

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 0.875 in

Width: 1.375 in

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