THE FOLLOWING LIST ARE DRIVERS THAT HAVE DIED IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR PASSION NAME AGE STARTS CAUSE OF DEATH ==== === ====== ============== ALBERTO ASCARI 37 31 TESTING A SPORTSCAR AT MONZA IN 1955 LOZENZO BANDINI 32 42 MONACO GRAND PRIX IN 1967 JEAN BEHRA 38 52 SPORTS CAR RACE IN GERMANY IN 1959 STEFAN BELLOF 28 20 SPORTS CAR RACE AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS IN 1985 LUCIEN BIANCHI 35 17 PRACTICING FOR LeMANS IN 1969 B BIRA 71 19 1985 (DEATH UNKNOWN) FELICE BONETTO 50 15 CARRERA PANAMERICANA RACE IN 1953 JOAKIM BONNIER 42 102 RACING IN LeMANS IN 1972 TONY BRISE 23 10 AIRPLANE CRASH IN 1975 ALONG WITH GRAHAM HILL CHRIS BRISTOW 23 4 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1960 RONNIE BUCKNAM 56 11 DIABETES IN 1992 EUGENIO CASTELLOTTI 27 14 TESTING A FERRARI AT MODENA IN 1957 FRANCOIS CEVERT 29 47 U.S. GRAND PRIX IN 1973 LOUIS CHIRON 80 15 DIED 1979 JIM CLARK 32 72 FORMULA 2 RACE AT HOCKENHEIM IN 1968 PETER COLLINS 27 32 GERMAN GRAND PRIX IN 1958 PIERS COURAGE 28 28 DUTCH GRAND PRIX IN 1970 ELIO de ANGELIS 28 108 TESTING A BRABHAM AT PAUL RICARD IN 1986 ALFONSO de PORTAGE 29 5 1957 MILLIE MIGLIA ALONG WITH CO-DRIVER & 10 FANS PATRICK DEPAILLER 36 95 TESTING FOR GERMAN GRAND PRIX IN 1980 MARK DONOHUE 38 14 PRACTICING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1975 HARALD ERTL 34 18 LIGHT AIRPLANE CRASH IN 1982 PHILIPPE ETANCELIN 85 12 DIED IN 1981 LUIGI FAGIOLI 54 7 SPORTS CAR AT MONACO IN 1952 JUAN MANUEL FANGIO 84 51 DIED IN 1995 (ONLY 5-TIME WORLD CHAMPION) GIUSEPPE FARINA 60 33 ROAD AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN 1966 RON FLOCKHART 39 13 LIGHT AIRPLANE CRASH IN 1962 RICHIE GINTHER 59 52 DIED IN 1989 IGNAZIO GIUNTI 30 4 SPORTS CAR RACE IN BUENOS AIRES IN 1971 MASTEN GREGORY 53 38 DIED IN 1985 MIKE HAILWOOD 40 50 ROAD ACCIDENT WITH HIS TWO CHILDREN IN 1981 MIKE HAWTHORN 30 45 AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN 1959 GRAHAM HILL 36 176 AIRPLANE CRASH WITH TONY BRISE IN 1975 DENNY HULME 56 112 HEART ATTACK AT BATHURST RACE IN 1992 JAMES HUNT 46 92 HEART ATTACK IN 1993 INNES IRELAND 63 50 CANCER IN 1993 STEWART LEWIS-EVANS 28 14 MOROCCAN GRAND PRIX IN A FIRE IN 1958 LELLA LOMBARDI (WOMAN) 49 12 CANCER IN 1992 (1ST AND ONLY WOMAN TO SCORE AN F1 POINT) BRUCE McLAREN 33 103 TESTING A CAN AM CAR AT GOODWOOD IN 1970 WILLY MAIRESSE 41 12 COMITTING SUICIDE AFTER GT 40 INJURY IN 1969 ONOFRE MARIMON 22 11 PRACTICING FOR GERMAN GRAND PRIX IN 1954 LUIGI MUSSO 34 24 CRASHED AT REIMS IN 1958 GUNNAR NILSSON 30 31 CANCER IN 1978 CARLOS PACE 33 72 LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH IN 1977 RICCARDO PALETTI ?? ?? DIED IN 1982 CRASH AT CANADIAN GRAND PRIX MIKE PARKES 46 6 DIED IN LANCIA ROAD RALLY CRASH IN 1977 REG PARNELL 53 6 DIED IN 1964 RONNIE PETERSON 34 124 CRASH AT ITALIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1978 DIDIER PIRONI 35 70 POWER BOAT RACING IN 1987 TOM PRYCE 28 42 IN SOUTH AFRICAN G. P. 1977 (FIRE MARSHALL KILLED ALSO) DAVID PURLEY 40 7 AEROBATICS CRASH ON SUSSEX COAST IN 1985 ROLAND RATZENBERGER ?? ?? ITALIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1994 (DAY BEFORE SENNA WAS KILLED) PETER REVSON 35 30 TESTING AT SOUTH AFRICAN G.P. IN 1974 JOCHEN RINDT 29 60 PRACTICING AT ITALIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1970 PEDRO RODRIGUEZ 31 55 INTERSERIE RACE IN GERMANY IN 1971 RICARDO RODRIGUEZ 20 5 MEXICAN G.P. 1962 (YOUNGEST DRIVER EVER KILLED) LOUIS ROSIER 51 38 1000 KM PARIS RACE AT MONTLHERY IN 1956 LUDOVICO SCARFIOTTI 35 10 HILL CLIMB IN GERMANY IN 1968 HARRY SCHELL 39 56 PRACTICING FOR SILVERSTONE INT. TROPHY IN 1960 AYRTON SENNA 34 161 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX AT TAMBORELLO CORNER IN 1994 JO STIFFERT 35 96 VICTORY RACE AT BRANDS HATCH IN 1971 RAYMOND SOMMER 44 5 NON-CHAMPIONSHIP RACE AT CADOURS IN 1950 MIKE SPENCE 32 36 CRASH AT INDIANAPOLIS IN 1968 ROLF STOMMELEN 40 54 SPORTS CAR RACE AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA IN 1983 PIERO TAROFFI 82 18 DIED IN 1989 GILLES VILLENEUVE 32 67 PRACTICING FOR BELGIUM GRAND PRIX IN 1982 WOLFGANG von TRIPS 33 27 CRASH AT MONZA IN 1961 KILLING 14 SPECTATORS KEN WHARTON 41 15 DRIVING FERRARI SPORTS CAR IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1957 PETER WHITEHEAD 44 10 TOUR de FRANCE RACE IN 1958 ROGER WILLIAMSON 25 2 BURNED TO DEATH AT ZANDVOORT IN 1973 (LEAST STARTS IN HISTORY) MANFRED WINKELHOCK 33 47 MOSPORT PARK 1000 KM RACE IN 1985