Von Trips (centre) at the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix
Born
(1928-05-04)4 May 1928 Cologne, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany
Died
10 September 1961(1961-09-10) (aged 33) Monza, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
West German
Active years
1956 – 1961
Teams
Ferrari, Porsche, Scuderia Centro Sud
Entries
29 (27 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
2
Podiums
6
Career points
56
Pole positions
1
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1956 British Grand Prix
First win
1961 Dutch Grand Prix
Last win
1961 British Grand Prix
Last entry
1961 Italian Grand Prix
Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips (German pronunciation:[ˈvɔlfɡaŋfɔntʁɪps]ⓘ; 4 May 1928 – 10 September 1961), also simply known as Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, was a German racing driver. Nicknamed "Taffy" by friends and fellow racers, he was the son of a noble Rhineland family.
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Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe vonTrips (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn tʁɪps] ; 4 May 1928 – 10 September 1961),...
teacher WolfgangvonTrips (1928–1961), German racing driver Wolfgang Wagner (1919–2010), German opera director Wolfgang Werlé, German murderer Wolfgang Weyrauch...
first and only Drivers' Championship after his teammate and rival WolfgangvonTrips was killed during the Italian Grand Prix, the penultimate race of...
is the third German drivers' champion, winning the title in 2016. WolfgangvonTrips was leading the championship in 1961 at the time of his fatal accident...
Each car number related to their allocated start time. For example, WolfgangvonTrips's car had the number 532, he left Brescia at 5:32am, while the first...
Clark's Lotus on the second lap of the Italian Grand Prix, the 156 of WolfgangvonTrips (Hill's teammate) became airborne and crashed into a side barrier...
and Tony Brooks moved to BRP (racing under Yeoman Credit Racing). WolfgangvonTrips was hired as their full-time driver for 1960. At BRP, Brooks would...
unpainted car was entered in the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix, where driver WolfgangvonTrips qualified twelfth, but crashed on the second lap of the race. At Reims...
the end of lap 2, at the approach to the Parabolica, German driver WolfgangvonTrips lost control of his Ferrari after colliding with the Lotus of Jim...
Harry Schell in practice for the 1960 BRDC International Trophy, and WolfgangvonTrips and a dozen spectators died at the 1961 Italian Grand Prix. Notes...
Miglia, Piero Taruffi being the winner in his last race, followed by WolfgangvonTrips. In addition the 315 S finished sixth and seventh at Sebring, third...
fresh line-up: 1958 champion Mike Hawthorn had retired from racing, WolfgangvonTrips moved to the new Porsche works team, and Olivier Gendebien went to...
only his Ferrari teammate WolfgangvonTrips in the season standings. A crash during the Italian Grand Prix killed vonTrips and fifteen spectators. Hill...
was also the debut race for the Coventry Climax-engine. Car #24: WolfgangvonTrips (92 laps) and Mike Hawthorn (3 laps). Car #34: Giorgio Scarlatti (42...
Moss finished just over 20 seconds ahead of Ferrari 156 drivers WolfgangvonTrips and Phil Hill, breaking a four-race consecutive run of Ferrari victories...
driven by Peter Collins and Maurice Trintignant and later driven by WolfgangvonTrips to a second place finish at the 1957 Mille Miglia. After having its...
theirs out, while Hawthorn's was slipping badly. Both Collins and WolfgangvonTrips took over Cesare Perdisa's Ferrari in an attempt to stop the Maseratis...
Collins's Lancia-Ferrari. There were three more cars on row three with WolfgangvonTrips, Luigi Musso, and Mike Hawthorn alongside the Scuderia Centro Sud...
fastest lap could make a big difference as well. Future race winner WolfgangvonTrips made his debut with the Ferrari team, but he crashed in practice while...
Eugenio Castellotti, Alfonso de Portago, Luigi Musso, Peter Collins, WolfgangvonTrips, Lorenzo Bandini and Ignazio Giunti. Although such a high death toll...
replaced by Trevor Taylor. The front row was taken up by three Ferraris. WolfgangvonTrips took the lead from the start and led every lap. Phil Hill was second...
finishes in the 1950s, among them Juan Manuel Fangio, Peter Collins and WolfgangvonTrips. In 1955, Mercedes made another attempt at winning the MM, this time...
Johann Wolfgangvon Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential...
new 1.5-liter Formula for 1961. The team's drivers, Phil Hill and WolfgangvonTrips, however, were allowed to enter the race with other teams. Hill particularly...
Jo Bonnier BRM Report 1960 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Report 1961 WolfgangvonTrips Ferrari Report 1962 Graham Hill BRM Report 1963 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax...