Wolfgang Graf Alexander Berghe von Trips (May 4, 1928 - September 10, 1961) was a Formula One driver from Germany. He participated in 29 grands prix, debuting on September 2, 1956. He won 2 races, secured 1 pole position, achieved 6 podiums, and scored a total of 56 championship points. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
He was killed in an accident at Monza while driving for Ferrari. After a collision with Jim Clark's Lotus on the second lap of the race, his car became airborne and crashed into a side barrier, killing von Trips and fourteen spectators. Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is a motor racing circuit near the town of Monza in Italy, north of Milan. ... The Ferrari Gestione Industriale badge on the front of a 330 GTC Ferrari is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by Enzo Ferrari in 1929. ... There are several famous people called Jim Clark. ... Nelumbo lutea, the American Lotus The term lotus may refer to one of the following. ...
Complete Formula One results
(Note: grands prix in bold denote race victories or poles.)
vonTrips started the '61 Italian GP at Monza poised on the verge of winning the World Championship.
Catastrophically, he collided with Jim Clark's Lotus on the second lap of the race, his Ferrari flipping up into the air and slamming into the retaining fence behind which spectators were tightly packed.
vonTrips and 14 race fans were killed as a result.
That Wolfgang Reichsgraf Alexander Berghe vonTrips was not a only respected, but loved in the world, as the first ever German after the end of the war, had nothing to do with the fact, that he came from a 700 years old dynasty of knights.
Wolfgang Graf Berghe vonTrips was not affected by the system of the National Socialists absolutely.
When vonTrips constructed a track for them near Hemmersbach castle, in Kerpen, European kart racing was born.
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