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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone
Yes though in the case of Didier Pironi it was in a power boat? off the Southampton port caught out by a huge wave wash from a tanker...some had a poor view of safety then and lived and still live dangerously even off the track.
Look,even recently now Andrea de Cesaris (yellow wheels) killed on a motorbike in Rome...
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Yes, Pironi was tragically killed in a powerboat accident a few years later. But he had the career ending horrific crash in the German GP qualifying. A few weeks after Gilles' fatal crash while leading the WDC.
One of F1 and the Scuderia's darkest seasons...
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