I am referring to the tragic loss of young Austrian Helmuth Koinigg. Now to most people that name will mean absoultly nothing so I will give you some background information on his life.

Nor is it the 312B3 Ferraris Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni drove, or the Surtees TS16 of Austrian rookie Helmuth Koinigg, who would die in a crash on lap nine in the race. For those at Watkins ...

where Emerson Fittipaldi’s fourth place finish was enough to take the title over Clay Regazzoni at the United States Grand Prix in a race marred by the fatal crash of Austrian driver Helmuth ...