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This is a list of Formula One drivers who have been killed driving Formula One cars.

Driver	Date of accident	Grand Prix	Team	Stage of GP
Onofre Marimón	July 31 1954	1954 German Grand Prix	Maserati	Practice
Alberto Ascari	May 26 1955	1955 Italian Grand Prix	Ferrari	Pre-GP Test
Luigi Musso	July 6 1958	1958 French Grand Prix	Ferrari	Race
Peter Collins	August 3 1958	1958 German Grand Prix	Ferrari	Race
Stuart Lewis-Evans	September 19 1958	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix	Vanwall	Race
Alan Stacey	June 19 1960	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	Lotus	Race
Chris Bristow	June 19 1960	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	Cooper	Race
Wolfgang von Trips^[1]	September 19 1961	1961 Italian Grand Prix	Ferrari	Race
Carel Godin de Beaufort	August 2 1964	1964 German Grand Prix	Porshe	Practice
John Taylor	August 7 1966	1966 German Grand Prix	Brabham	Race
Lorenzo Bandini	May 10 1967	1967 Monaco Grand Prix	Ferrari	Race
Jo Schlesser	July 7 1968	1968 French Grand Prix	Honda	Race
Gerhard Mitter	August 2 1969	1969 German Grand Prix	BMW ^[2]	Practice
Piers Courage	June 7 1970	1970 Dutch Grand Prix	De Tomaso ^[3]	Race
Jochen Rindt ^[4]	September 5 1970	1970 Italian Grand Prix	Lotus	Qualifying
Roger Williamson ^[5]	July 29 1973	1973 Dutch Grand Prix	March	Race
François Cevert	October 7 1973	1973 United States Grand Prix	Tyrrell	Qualifying
Peter Revson	March 30 1974	1974 South African Grand Prix	Shadow	Pre-GP test
Helmut Koinigg	October 6 1974	1974 United States Grand Prix	Scuderia Finotto	Race
Mark Donohue	August 19 1975	1975 Austrian Grand Prix	Penske	Practice
Tom Pryce ^[6]	May 5 1977	1977 South African Grand Prix	Shadow	Race
Ronnie Peterson	September 10 1978	1978 Italian Grand Prix	Lotus	Race
Patrick Depailler	August 1 1980	Test (Hockenheimring)	Alfa Romeo	Test
Gilles Villeneuve	May 8 1982	1982 Belgian Grand Prix	Ferrari	Qualifying
Riccardo Paletti	June 13 1982	1982 Canadian Grand Prix	Osella	Race
Elio de Angelis	May 15 1986	Test (Paul Ricard)	Brabham	Test
Roland Ratzenberger	April 30 1994	1994 San Marino Grand Prix	Simtek	Qualifying
Ayrton Senna	May 1 1994	1994 San Marino Grand Prix	Williams	Race

Notes

^ Fifteen spectators were also killed in Von Trips' fatal accident.
^ Mitter was driving a Formula Two car. F2 cars were allowed to take part in the F1 race as part of a separate contest
^ Although Piers Courage was in a De Tomaso, the car was entered by Frank Williams Racing Cars.
^ After his death, Jochen Rindt was declared champion after his rivals failed to overhaul his points tally four rounds later.
^ As well as Williamson's death, the events at the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix were also memorable as David Purley, a good friend of Williamson, tried to rescue him from the flames of the March.
^ As well as killing himself, Tom Pryce also killed Jansen Van Vuuren, a teenaged volunteer safety marshal who was ran over by Pryce at over 170 mph.

[1] Fifteen spectators were also killed in Von Trips' fatal accident.

[2] Mitter was driving a Formula Two car. F2 cars were allowed to take part in the F1 race as part of a separate contest

[3] Although Piers Courage was in a De Tomaso, the car was entered by Frank Williams Racing Cars.

[4] After his death, Jochen Rindt was declared champion after his rivals failed to overhaul his points tally four rounds later.

[5] As well as Williamson's death, the events at the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix were also memorable as David Purley, a good friend of Williamson, tried to rescue him from the flames of the March.

[6] As well as killing himself, Tom Pryce also killed Jansen Van Vuuren, a teenaged volunteer safety marshal who was ran over by Pryce at over 170 mph.

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