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Rindt: Blindingly fast with intimidating skills
Phillip van Osten
18/04/2026 at 14:2318/04/2026 at 13:46 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. The great Jochen Rindt was born on this day in 1942. The Austrian is the only driver to have won the F1 world championship posthumously, but he was also set apart by his intimidating skills, his speed and aggression, and his unquenchable will to win. Simply put, Rindt was a natural-born racer. His outstanding talent coupled with the genius of Colin Chapman and the Lotus 72 was an almost impossible challenge to surmount for his rivals in 1970. Unfortunately, it would all go terribly wrong that fateful year at Monza when Rindt, running a wingless set-up on his Lotus in qualifying to improve...
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