Lorenzo Bandini(1935-1967)
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Italian race driver Lorenzo Bandini started out his career like so many
other race drivers, that of a mechanic. From there he progressed to
driving the cars and was successful as a sports car driver, rally racer
and ultimately Grand Prix driver. He drove for three major Grand Prix
teams, Cooper, BRM and the world famous Ferrari. It was with Ferrari he
enjoyed his greatest success, winning the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix, but
he also paid for it heavily, crashing on the 82nd lap of the famed
Monaco Grand Prix, in 1967. His car flipped upside down in the middle
of the track and burst into flames. Bandini suffered terrible burns and
died three days later in the hospital. He was 31.
