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