The death of jules bianchi was the first driver fatality of formula one since that of ayrton senna after he crashed into a wall in the 1994 san marino grand prix at 233kmh.

Formula 1 driver deaths by year. Two formula one champions have died while racing or practising in formula one jochen rindt in 1970 and senna in 1994. Formula one was launched in 1950 when the first championship race took place in silverstone circuit england. Formula 1 officially began in 1950 with the first race for the world championships at silverstone.

Rindt is the. Majority of these deaths 15 happened in the 1950s with the number decreasing with each decade. This category contains annual subcategories of people with a page on f1 wiki ordered by year of death.

Since then 50 drivers have died driving a formula one car. F2 driver killed in belgium gp feature race crash aged 22. From then until today it is 26 drivers died while driving a formula 1 car.

Crashed died 6 days later on burn injuries. Three drivers died in the intervening years while driving former formula one cars two from the 1960s one from the 1990s in vintage racing and other events not associated with world championship grands prix. Due to the inherently dangerous nature of auto racing many individuals including drivers crew members officials and spectators have been killed in crashes related to the sport in races in qualifying in practice or in private testing sessionsdeaths among racers and spectators were numerous in the early years of racing.

Young french driver succumbed to injuries sustained in a high speed accident on the second lap of the formula two. Most of these deaths occurred at the sports beginings and the death toll has been declining every decade thanks to improved security measures and technological developments. The death of jules bianchi was the first driver fatality in formula 1 since that of ayrton senna on may 1 1994 when the brazilian legends williams crashed into a wall at the san marino grand.