Das Erbe von Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips was an aristocrat, a tall blond German count who was a lover of fast cars and life itself familiarly known as Taffy von Trips survived a succession of high-speed accidents until that it crashed to his death at Monza in 1961 after having dabbled in racing for many years, von Trips entered an old Porsche in some rallies its success persuaded him to contact the race director of Porsche, Huschke von Hanstein, request free parts to modify his machine.
Von Hanstein offered Von Trips a drive in the Mille Miglia in 1954 as co-driver for Hampel Unexpectedly, the pair was second in the 1500cc class GT and the first 1300cc car to finish, he acquired later, a motor to 1500cc for the great Porsche and entered his first race at the Nurburgring with the bill for the still outstanding engine he won then settled the account Soon, he won the German championship GT.
In 1955, both Porsche and Mercedes-Benz were smiling on Von Trips He was reserve driver for Porsche at Le Mans and after some impressive performances in his 1300 cc Porsche was offered a works council 300SL Mercedes-Benz for the GT race at the meeting of the Swedish Grand prlce he led 16 of 20 laps before the brakes failed, earning a place in the racing team 300SLRs sports in the Tourist Trophy at Dundrod co-driving with Kling and Andre Simon, he was third.
With Mercedes withdrawal from racing at the end of 1955, he returned to Porsche 1956 Porsche walking 550RS he won the 1500cc class in the Sebring 12 hours Nurburgring 1000 km and Le Mans 24 Hours This led to a race invitation for Ferrari He finished second to Peter Collins in sports car racing grand Prix of Sweden and was invited to drive a Formula Lancia-Ferrari D50 to the great Italian at Monza in practice, management has erupted at high speed Von Trips thrown clear of the wreckage rolling and emerging almost unharmed.
In 1957, Von Trips stayed with Ferrari in both Formula One and sports cars, he finished sixth at the Grand Prix of Argentina, second in the Mille Miglia only 3 minutes behind Piero Taruffi and bitter in the Monaco Grand Prix when his engine blew up with only 11 laps to go after being absent due to injury of the spine, at the Nurburgring 1000 km was back in late August and then finished third in the grand Prix of Italy and the third in motorsport grand Prix of Venezuela.
Driving for Porsche, he participated in three events at the end of season European Hill Climb Championship, winning the Grand Prix Swiss mountain and Parnitha and take a second to Aosta Gran San Barnardo The format was similar in 1958 better ranking Grand fare ride finished third in the french Grand Prix, while in sports cars, he finished second in the Buenos Aires 1000 km and the third in the Targa Florio and Nurburgring 1000 km he won the climb championship European hill, his works Porsche win at Mount Parnassus, Monte Bendone and Gaisberg at Rheims 12 hours for cars GT he shared a Ferrari Berlinetta with his German compatriot Wolfgang Seidel in third place, however, in September another accident put temporarily out his Ferrari Dino 246 collided racing with BRM P25 Harry Schell on the first lap, crashed and broke Von trips a leg.
Enzo Ferrari fell Von Trips his team next year, leaving the German in the race for Porsche sports car and Formula Two races best result was second in the Tourist Trophy at Goodwood, although it was exasperating when he crashed on the last lap of the Targa Florio leading Taffy von Trips blotted his copybook in Monaco, where he gave the new Formula two Porsche debut and spun in the second round, causing a pileup involving two other cars in the Formula two race in December, he was back with Ferrari for the US grand Prix after colliding with teammate Tony Brooks in the first round, he recovered to finish seventh.
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By continuing to drive for Ferrari in 1960, Von Trips found Formula One lower machine to the latest Coopers and Lotuses front engine and had to settle for minor investments, the best being a fourth in Portugal in Formula Two, he won the Grand Prix Solitude and making an appearance in Porsche was second in the F2 grand Prix of Germany at the Nurburgring He also finished second to Ferrari in Buenos Aires 1000 km and Targa Florio sports car races, but ran out of fuel Ferrari at Le Mans in 1961 were ahead of their British rivals, providing Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips Richie Ginther with cars capable of winning the World Championship.
Von Trips won the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort becoming the first German to win a large epreuoe since 1939, and later won the British Grand Prix after a brilliant performance on the Aintree track wet in the Grand Prix Italy Monza, Von Trips was a -point lead in the championship Entering the Parabolica in round 2 Jim Clark moved to exceed Von Trips Ferrari Dino 156 to brake the two cars touched at 140 mph and spun the car stopped in Clark safe, Von Trips almost undamaged exploded the bank in the spectator area, killing fourteen people before getting back on the track, overturning and killing its occupant.
Clark described the accident, saying Von Trips and I ran along the straight and approached one of banked turns, one at the southern end We were about 100 meters from the start of the curve Von Trips was being running near the inside track I followed closely, keeping outside at some point Von Trips moved to the side to my front wheels collided with the rear wheels was the fatal moment von Trips car spun twice and went into the guardrail along the inside of the track then it bounced, hit my own car and bounced down into the crowd.
Von Trips was on track to become the first German to win the Formula One World Championship in 1961 von Trips established a go-kart race track in Kerpen, Germany The track was praised later by Rolf Schumacher whose son, Michael and Ralf, have made their first laps there the belief that Wolfgang von Trips would not have been spared his fate, when a plane he was to go to the United States crashed on Scotland is an urban myth, however, it seemed bewitched the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, as he had already crashed into the grand Prix of Italy 1956 and the grand Prix of Italy in 1958, being wounded in the two events.
Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari F1 drive in 1958 at Silverstone.
Wolfgang von Trips, tungsten, travel, Italian Grand Prix, Buenos Aires 1000 km.