Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Jochen Rindt

Jochen Rindt – the first Austrian to win a Formula One World Drivers Championship , achieved this feat in the year 1970 and the 12th driver to win a Formula One World Drivers Championship. He is the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers Championship , after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. In 2005 Austrian post honored him by issuing a “special issue series” stamp. The stamp portrays a picture of Jochen Rindet , a racing car and signature across the stamp. This is also the first stamp in Austria to be issued on Formula One Sports. “even after his death no one was able to deprive Jochen Rindt of the championship he surely deserved. F1.com ”

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