1961-08-06 156 F1/120 (3) Wolfgang Von Trips GER - Nurburgring 2
On August 6th, 1961, Wolfggang von Trips finished 2nf at the German GP in Nurburgring with this Ferrari 156 Sharknose. Moss led the race from start to finish, and Von Trips battled against his Ferrari team mate Phill Hill, he surpasseed Hill in the last lap to end 2nd and take the lead of the Driver’s Championship. Unfortunatly he would have a tragic end during the next race in Monza (read below)
Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips, was a German racing driver born in 1928. Von Trips was born in Cologne, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany. He had diabetes during his career and he always had high sugar snacks during the races to compensate for his low blood sugar levels. In 1961 von Trips established a go-kart race track in Kerpen, Germany. The track was later leased by Rolf Schumacher, whose sons, Michael and Ralf, made their first laps there.
The 1961 Italian Grand Prix on 10 September saw von Trips tightly locked in the battle for the Formula One World Drivers' Championship that year with his teammate Phil Hill. During the race at Monza, his Ferrari collided with Jim Clark's Lotus. His car became airborne and crashed into a side barrier, fatally throwing von Trips from the car, and killing fifteen spectators. At the time of his death von Trips was leading the Formula One World Championship. He had previous incidents at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, where he crashed cars in the 1956 Italian Grand Prix and the 1958 Italian Grand Prix, and was injured in both events.
