List of Formula One fatalities - wikipedia List of Formula One fatalities Formula One Current season 2018 Formula One World Championship Related articles History of Formula One Formula One racing Formula One regulations Formula One cars Formula One engines Formula One tyres Lists Drivers ( GP winners Polesitters Fastest laps Champions Numbers ) Constructors ( GP winners Champions ) Seasons Grands Prix Circuits Race Promoters ' Trophy winners Points scoring systems National colours Sponsorship liveries Racing flags Red - flagged races Female drivers TV broadcasters Fatalities Video games Records Drivers Constructors Engines Tyres Races Organisations FIA FIA World Motor Sport Council Formula One Group Formula One Constructors ' Association Formula One Teams Association Grand Prix Drivers ' Association Jules Bianchi is the most recent driver to be fatally injured during a Grand Prix. He died in July 2015, nine months after sustaining severe head injuries during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. Three - time world champion Ayrton Senna suffered a fatal crash at Imola in 1994. This list of Formula One fatalities includes drivers who have died during a FIA World Championship race weekend, and those who have died while driving modern or vintage Formula One cars outside the World Championship. Track marshals and other race attendees who have died as a result of these accidents are not included in the list. Fifty - one drivers have died from incidents that occurred while driving a Formula One car, with Cameron Earl being the first in 1952. Thirty - two of the drivers died from incidents during Grand Prix race weekends which formed part of the World Championship, seven during test sessions and twelve during non-championship Formula One events. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has seen the most fatalities ; seven drivers have died there during the time that the Indianapolis 500 formed part of the world championship. Fifteen drivers died in the 1950s ; fourteen in the 1960s ; twelve in the 1970s ; four in the 1980s and two in the 1990s. Following the deaths of Ratzenberger and Senna on consecutive days in 1994, there were no driver fatalities caused during world championship events for more than 21 years until Jules Bianchi 's death in 2015, from injuries sustained during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, although three drivers died in the intervening years while driving former Formula One cars ( two from the 1960s, one from the 1990s ) in vintage racing and other events not associated with World Championship Grands Prix. Two Formula One Champions have died while racing or practising in Formula One, Jochen Rindt in 1970, and Ayrton Senna in 1994. Rindt is the only driver to win the championship posthumously. Contents 1 Fatalities 1.1 By nationality 1.2 By circuit 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links Fatalities Indicates a race or test drive that was not part of the Formula One World Championship. Driver Date of accident Event Circuit Car Session Ref ( s ). Cameron Earl ( UK ) June 18, 1952 Test MIRA ERA Test Chet Miller ( USA ) May 15, 1953 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Practice Charles de Tornaco ( BEL ) September 18, 1953 Modena Grand Prix Modena Autodrome Ferrari Tipo 500 Practice Onofre Marimón ( ARG ) July 31, 1954 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Maserati 250F Practice Mario Alborghetti ( ITA ) April 11, 1955 Pau Grand Prix Pau Circuit Maserati 4CLT Race Manny Ayulo ( USA ) May 16, 1955 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Practice Bill Vukovich ( USA ) May 30, 1955 Race Eugenio Castellotti ( ITA ) March 14, 1957 Test Modena Autodrome Ferrari 801 Test Keith Andrews ( USA ) May 15, 1957 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Practice Pat O'Connor ( USA ) May 30, 1958 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Race Luigi Musso ( ITA ) July 6, 1958 French Grand Prix Reims - Gueux Ferrari 246 F1 Race Peter Collins ( UK ) August 3, 1958 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Ferrari 246 F1 Race Stuart Lewis - Evans ( UK ) October 19, 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix Ain - Diab Circuit Vanwall Race Jerry Unser Jr. ( USA ) May 2, 1959 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kuzma Practice Bob Cortner ( USA ) May 19, 1959 Cornis Harry Schell ( USA ) May 13, 1960 BRDC International Trophy Silverstone Circuit Cooper T51 Practice Chris Bristow ( UK ) June 19, 1960 Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa - Francorchamps Cooper T51 Race Alan Stacey ( UK ) Lotus 18 Shane Summers ( UK ) June 1, 1961 Silver City Trophy Brands Hatch Cooper Practice Giulio Cabianca ( ITA ) June 15, 1961 Test Modena Autodrome Cooper T51 Test Wolfgang von Trips ( GER ) September 10, 1961 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza Ferrari 156 F1 Race Ricardo Rodríguez ( MEX ) November 1, 1962 Mexican Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Lotus 24 Practice Gary Hocking ( Rhodesia and Nyasaland ) December 21, 1962 Natal Grand Prix Westmead Circuit Lotus 24 Practice Carel Godin de Beaufort ( NED ) August 1, 1964 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Porsche 718 Practice John Taylor ( UK ) August 7, 1966 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Brabham Race Lorenzo Bandini ( ITA ) May 7, 1967 Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco Ferrari 312 Race Bob Anderson ( UK ) August 14, 1967 Test Silverstone Circuit Brabham Test Jo Schlesser ( FRA ) July 7, 1968 French Grand Prix Rouen - Les - Essarts Honda RA302 Race Gerhard Mitter ( GER ) August 1, 1969 German Grand Prix Nürburgring BMW Practice Martin Brain ( UK ) May 25, 1970 Nottingham Sports Car Club meeting Silverstone Circuit Cooper Race Piers Courage ( UK ) June 21, 1970 Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Park Zandvoort De Tomaso Race Jochen Rindt ( AUT ) September 5, 1970 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza Lotus 72 Qualifying Jo Siffert ( SUI ) October 24, 1971 World Championship Victory Race Brands Hatch BRM P160 Race Roger Williamson ( UK ) July 29, 1973 Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Park Zandvoort March Race François Cevert ( FRA ) October 6, 1973 United States Grand Prix Watkins Glen Tyrrell Qualifying Peter Revson ( USA ) March 22, 1974 Test Kyalami Shadow DN3 Test Helmuth Koinigg ( AUT ) October 6, 1974 United States Grand Prix Watkins Glen Surtees Race Mark Donohue ( USA ) August 17, 1975 Austrian Grand Prix Österreichring March Practice Tom Pryce ( UK ) March 5, 1977 South African Grand Prix Kyalami Shadow DN8 Race Brian McGuire ( AUS ) August 29, 1977 1977 Shellsport Championship Round 11 Brands Hatch McGuire BM1 Practice Ronnie Peterson ( SWE ) September 10, 1978 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza Lotus 78 Race Patrick Depailler ( FRA ) August 1, 1980 Test Hockenheimring Alfa Romeo 179 Test Gilles Villeneuve ( CAN ) May 8, 1982 Belgian Grand Prix Circuit Zolder Ferrari 126C Qualifying Riccardo Paletti ( ITA ) June 13, 1982 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Osella Race Elio de Angelis ( ITA ) May 14, 1986 Test Circuit Paul Ricard Brabham BT55 Test Roland Ratzenberger ( AUT ) April 30, 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Simtek S941 Qualifying Ayrton Senna ( BRA ) May 1, 1994 Williams FW16 Race John Dawson - Damer ( UK ) June 24, 2000 2000 Goodwood Festival of Speed Goodwood Hillclimb Lotus 63 Run Fritz Glatz ( AUT ) July 14, 2002 2002 EuroBOSS Series season Autodrom Most Footwork FA17 Race Denis Welch ( UK ) July 27, 2014 Silverstone Classic Jack Brabham Memorial Trophy Silverstone Circuit Lotus 18 Race Jules Bianchi ( FRA ) October 5, 2014 Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit Marussia MR03 Race David Ferrer ( FRA ) September 2, 2017 2017 Historic Grand Prix Circuit Park Zandvoort March 701 Race By nationality Fatalities by nationality Nationality Total United Kingdom 14 United States 10 Italy 7 France 5 Austria Germany Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Mexico Netherlands Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sweden Switzerland By circuit Fatalities by circuit Circuit Total First Most recent Indianapolis Motor Speedway 7 1953 1959 Nürburgring 5 1954 1969 Silverstone Circuit 1960 2014 Modena Autodrome 1953 1961 Brands Hatch 1961 1977 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1961 1978 Circuit Park Zandvoort 1970 2017 Circuit de Spa - Francorchamps 1960 1960 Watkins Glen 1973 Kyalami 1977 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1994 1994 MIRA 1952 Pau Circuit 1955 Reims - Gueux 1958 Ain - Diab Circuit 1958 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1962 Westmead Circuit 1962 Circuit de Monaco 1967 Rouen - Les - Essarts 1968 Österreichring Hockenheimring 1980 Circuit Zolder 1982 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1982 Circuit Paul Ricard 1986 Goodwood Hillclimb 2000 Autodrom Most 2002 Suzuka Circuit 2014 Notes ^ Jump up to : From 1950 to 1960, the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Drivers ' Championship. Jump up ^ Ayulo died on May 17, 1955, the day after his accident. Jump up ^ Lewis - Evans died of burns on October 25, 1958, six days after his accident. Jump up ^ Unser Jr. died of burns on May 17, 1959, fifteen days after his accident. Jump up ^ Bristow and Stacey died in separate accidents. Jump up ^ Unable to slow down his car because of technical failure, Cabianca drove through an open gate onto an adjoining public road where he hit several vehicles. Cabianca was killed along with three other people. Jump up ^ Von Trips and fifteen spectators died as a result of the crash. This is the deadliest F1 Grand Prix accident that includes fatalities of non-drivers. Jump up ^ Godin de Beaufort died on August 2, 1964, the day after his accident. Jump up ^ Taylor died of fifty per cent burns on September 8, 1966, thirty - two days after his accident. Jump up ^ Bandini died on May 10, 1967, three days after his accident. Jump up ^ Donohue died on August 19, 1975, two days after his accident. Manfred Schaller, a track marshal who had been hit by debris, succumbed the same day. Jump up ^ Frederick Jansen van Vuuren, a teenage volunteer safety marshal, was killed in the crash along with Pryce, who had collided with him at high speed. Jump up ^ Both McGuire and track marshall John Thorpe died in the accident. Jump up ^ Peterson died in hospital on September 11, 1978, the day after his accident, as a result of fat embolism. Jump up ^ De Angelis died on May 15, 1986, the day after his accident. Jump up ^ Dawson - Damer crashed into a gantry at the finish line, killing Andrew Carpenter, a marshall, and seriously wounding another. The 59 - year - old driver may have suffered a fatal heart attack before losing control of his car. Jump up ^ Bianchi remained comatose in hospital until he succumbed to his injuries on July 17, 2015, more than nine months after his accident. Jump up ^ Ferrer died on September 7, 2017, five days after his accident. 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Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Formula 1 's Greatest Drivers -- 19 Ronnie Peterson ''. Autosport. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Patrick Depailler ''. ESPN. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Jump up ^ Benson, Andrew ( July 4, 2012 ). `` Formula 1 's greatest drivers. Number 12 : Gilles Villeneuve ''. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Racer dies of crash injuries ''. Boca Raton News. May 16, 1986. Jump up ^ `` Elio de Angelis ''. ESPN. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Jump up ^ Benson, Andrew ( April 21, 2004 ). `` A death that shocked the world ''. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Jump up ^ Harding, Thomas ( June 27, 2000 ). `` Driver ' died of heart attack before crash ' ''. The Telegraph. London. Jump up ^ `` Fritz Glatz ''. GrandPrix.com. July 19, 2002. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Jump up ^ `` French driver David Ferrer dies after Zandvoort Historic GP crash ''. autosport.com. September 7, 2017. External links Formula One official website FIA official website Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Formula_One_fatalities&oldid=851619365 '' Categories : Formula One - related lists Lists of motorsport fatalities Racing drivers killed while racing Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from August 2017 Articles with hCards Featured lists Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Deutsch Español Français Galego Hrvatski Italiano Latviešu Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Slovenščina Suomi 中文 10 more Edit links This page was last edited on 23 July 2018, at 14 : 16 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

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