Jochen Rindt took his final F1 win on this day at the 1970 German GP. As Nigel Roebuck remembers in today's Great Read, the Austrian's career ended in tragedy, but his time in the world championship – punctuated by some dazzling performances – caught the imagination of millions worldwide
As a devotee of Messrs Cook & Moore, I recently learned with horror that most episodes of Not Only… But Also are lost for ever. Back then the BBC would re-use tapes, and Pete and Dud were later submerged by the Horse of the Year Show. It gets worse, too, for Jochen Rindt's mesmeric drive in the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix apparently suffered a similar fate.
I was in the Principality, on the afternoon of May 10, 1970, when I came to see I would never be a racing photographer. I couldn't function with a camera in a split-second of drama...
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