Pre-race at the 1961 Italian GP
A full-colour paddock shot is the calm before the storm of a notorious F1 race
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Cars are being pushed for the start of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, including the Coopers of Jack Brabham (No10) and Bruce McLaren (No12) and Lotuses of Jim Clark (No36) and Innes Ireland (No38). The ordinariness of the picture masks the tragedy that was to come: the race was marked by the death of potential Formula 1 world champion Wolfgang von Trips, whose Ferrari collided with Clark’s Lotus and crashed, killing 15 spectators.
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