His teammate Rindt was killed when one of the brake shafts on his new Type 72 failed and his car veered off the track, ploughing into the steel barrier which was placed too high for the revolutionary wedge design of the 72.
O seu compañeiro de equipo, Rindt, morreu cando un dos eixos do freo do seu novo Tipo 72 fallou e o seu automóbil saíuse da pista e penetrou por debaixo da barreira de aceiro colocada demasiado alta para o revolucionario deseño en cuña do 72.