Accident claims life of popular driver
Formula One motor racing lost one of its most prominent drivers recently, with the death of the popular West German, Manfred Winkelhock.
The 32-year-old driver died from injuries he suffered in an accident during a world endurance championship race in Toronto. Winkelhock’s Porsche 962 crashed heavily on the seventieth lap of the 1000 km race.
Several years ago, Winkelhock escaped uninjured from a spectaculai 1 highspeed crash during a Formula Two race at the old Nurburgring circuit in West Germany. His March car
became airborne over a high brow and flipped over backwards before somersaulting to destruction. When shown a video tape of his accident a short time later, the driver almost passed out and was in a state of shock as a result of what he had seen.
Winkelhock, who lived in Berglen-Steinach, made his grand prix debut driving for the A.T.S. team in the 1982 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami.
After three fruitless seasons with A.T.S. he quit the team late last season, and drove a Brabham in the final race of the season in Portugal.
This season, Winkelhock was partnering the Frenchman, Philippe Alliot, in the Skoal Bandit-sponsored RAM team. Winkelhock’s death has brought to an end a three-year period of nonfatal accidents involving Formula One drivers. Before Winkelhock’s accident, the last Formula One driver to die was Riccardo Paletti (Italy) who also crashed in Canada, at the start of the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix.
Although Winkelhock did not win a grand prix, his fearless approach to the sport endeared him to many and his obvious ability was; at times, highly underrated. GEORGE TANNER
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