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Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn tʁɪps] ⓘ; 4 May 1928 – 10 September 1961), also simply known as Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, was a German racing driver.
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But Count Wolfgang von Trips, his teammate and rival for racing's greatest prize, lay dead, as did 14 spectators, and the sport of motor racing, already scarred by the dead of Le Mans in...
Sep 6, 2023 · Wolfgang von Trips, a German Ferrari driver, died in a crash with Jim Clark during the second lap of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix. The race continued and Phil Hill won the world championship, while 15 spectators also lost their lives in the accident.
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips (1928-1961), nicknamed ‘Taffy’ by friends and fellow racers, was a German racing driver, son of a noble Rhineland family. Trips participated in 29 Formula One races.
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September 10: Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips died in a horrific crash that killed 15 spectators at the Italian Grand Prix on this day in 1961. The German racer, who was on course to win...
Apr 9, 2015 · There is a monumental difference between winning the World Championship and almost winning it. Perhaps this is why little is written, or remembered, of Wolfgang von Trips. But in the year of his death he established a go-kart racetrack near Kerpen. Decades later, it was leased by Rolf Schumacher.
Wolfgang von Trips. Wolfgang Von Trips spent most of his F1 career with Ferrari and could have been Germany’s first world champion. His grand prix career had got off to a rocky start, failing to make the grid on his debut at Monza in 1956 after crashing in practice, then breaking his leg at the same venue two years later.
