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From: Han Monsees <monsees@phys.uu.nl>
Subject: Re: Drivers in GPL -- Which ones are still alive?
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On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Brian Short wrote:

> A bit of a morbid topic... I was wondering which drivers in GPL are
> still alive, and which ones died in racing related accidents.  I beleive
> I heard that 50% or so of the drivers in the game were killed racing...
> which ones?
> 
> Brian Short
> bdshort@hotmail.com
> 
Here follows a list with what I can remember:

Jim Clark		Died in a F2 race at Hockenheim, Germany in 1968
Graham Hill		Killed in an Aircrash in England in 1975
Sir Jack Brabham	Still alive, living in Monaco (?)
Chris Amon		Still alive, living in New Zealand
Jochen Rindt		Killed while training for the Italian GP in 1970.
			Became posthumous world champion however.
Jo Bonnier		Killed at Le Mans (?) in 1972
Dan Gurney		Still alive, now a team-owner in CART
Jacky Ickx		Still alive
Lorenzo Bandini		Suffered severe burnings in the 1967 Monaco GP,
			died some days later
Lodevico Scarfiotti	Killed in sportscar-racing in 1967
Mike Parkes		?
Denis Hulme		?
Bruce McLaren		Died in a CanAm-race, 1970
Richie Ginther		?
John Surtees		Still alive
Pedro Rodriques		?
Jean-Pierre Beltoise	?
Chris Irwin		?

Greetings, Han 

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