List of fatalities at the Monza Circuit

Fatal accidents to competitors at the Monza Circuit, Italy during the Italian Grand Prix and other national and international motor-sport events.

List of fatal accidents involving competitors

No Competitor Date Place Series Race Vehicle 1 Gregor Kuhn 9 Sep 1922 Non-championship 1922 Italian Grand Prix Austro-Daimler 2 Ugo Sivocci 8 Sep 1923 Curva del Vialone Non-championship 1923 Italian Grand Prix Alfa Romeo P1 3 Louis Zborowski 8 Oct 1924 Curve di Lesmo Non-championship 1924 Italian Grand Prix Mercedes M72/94 4 Luigi Galli 11 Sep 1926 Non-championship 1926 Grand Prix of Nations 250cc Garelli 5 Potito Franciosa 26 June 1927 Curve di Lesmo Non-championship 1927 Coppa Primi Passi Lancia Lambda 6 Emilio Materassi 9 Sep 1928 Rettifilo Tribune Non-championship 1928 Italian Grand Prix Lancia Lambda 7 Luigi Arcangeli 23 May 1931 Curva del Vialone 1931 AIACR European Championship 1931 Italian Grand Prix Alfa Romeo 12C 8 Baconin Borzacchini 10 Sep 1933 South Curve Non-championship 1933 Monza Grand Prix Maserati 8C 9 Giuseppe Campari 10 Sep 1933 South Curve Non-championship 1933 Monza Grand Prix Alfa Romeo P3 10 Stanisław Czaykowski 10 Sep 1933 South Curve Non-championship 1933 Monza Grand Prix Bugatti T54 11 Aldo Marazza 11 Sep 1938 Curve di Lesmo Non-championship Gran Premio di Milano Maserati 6CM 12 Ignazio Radice Fossati 4 Oct 1936 Record Attempt Maserati Tipo 4 CS 13 Giovanni Moretti 24 Oct 1948 Curve di Lesmo Italian 1st Class Motorcycle ChampionshipL'omino di Monza 1948 Gran Premio d'Autunno Moto Guzzi 500cc 14 Rupert Hollaus 11 Sep 1954 Curve di Lesmo 1954 FIM World Motor-Cycle Championship 1954 Grand Prix of Nations 125cc NSU 15 Ron Searles 14 Oct 1957 Circuito Sopraelevato Record Attempt Cooper Bobtail Mk II 16 Nino Crivellari 28 June 1959 Curva del Vialone 1959 Campionato Italiano Allievi 1959 Coppa Junior Stanguellini - Fiat 17 Alfredo Tinazzo 28 June 1959 Curva del Vialone 1959 Campionato Italiano Allievi 1959 Coppa Junior De Sanctis–Fiat 18 Adolfo Covi 6 Sep 1959 Curva del Vialone 1959 FIM World Motor-Cycle Championship 1959 Grand Prix of Nations 500cc Norton 19 Glicerio Barbolini 7 May 1961 Rettifilo Tribune Non-championship 1961 Coppa Ascari Lancia Appia Zagato 20 Franco Tirri 3 Sep 1961 Curve di Lesmo 1961 FIM World Motor-Cycle Championship 1961 Grand Prix of Nations 125cc Ducati 21 Wolfgang von Trips 10 Sep 1961Autosport p103 dated 13 July 2000 Haymarket Specialist Publications Curva Parabolica 1961 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1961 Italian Grand Prix Ferrari Dino 156 22 Marcello De Luca 16 Sep 1962 Curva Parabolica 1962 Campionato Italiano Formula Junior 1962 Coppa Junior Monza Dagrada - Lancia 23 Norberto Bagnalasta 28 June 1964 Rettifilo Tribune 1964 Italian F3 Championship 1964 Gran Premio della Lotteria Lotus 20 24 Tommy Spychiger 25 April 1965 Curva Parabolica 1965 World Championship of Makes 1965 1000 km di Monza Ferrari 365 P2 25 Roberto Parodi 3 Oct 1965 Curva Parabolica Non-championship 1965 Coppa Leopoldo Carri FIAT Abarth 695 26 Attilio Zuppini 13 March 1965 Curve di Lesmo Non-championship 1966 Coppa Fisa FIAT Abarth 850 TC 27 Boley Pittard 10 June 1967 Rettifilo Tribune 1967 FIA Italian F3 Championship 1967 Coppa Autodromo di Monza Lola T60 - Ford 28 Jochen Rindt 5 Sep 1970Autosport p126 dated 13 July 2000 Haymarket Specialist Publications Curva Parabolica 1970 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1970 Italian Grand Prix Lotus-Ford 72 29 Achille Rossi 12 June 1971 Curva Parabolica Non-championship 1971 Trofeo Bepi Koelliker 500cc Kawasaki 30 David Bartropp 16 Feb 1973 Curva Parabolica 1973 The 240 Hours of Monza Record Attempt Ford Escort 1100 31 Renzo Pasolini 20 May 1973 Curve Grande 1973 FIM World Motor-Cycle Championship 1973 Grand Prix of Nations 250cc Harley Davidson 32 Jarno Saarinen 20 May 1973 Curve Grande 1973 FIM World Motor-Cycle Championship 1973 Grand Prix of Nations 250cc Yamaha 33 Renzo Colombini 8 July 1973 Curva Grande 1973 Campionato Italiano Juniores 1973 500 km di Monza 500cc Suzuki 34 Renato Galtrucco 8 July 1973 Curva Grande 1973 Campionato Italiano Juniores 1973 500 km di Monza 500cc Suzuki SAIAD 35 Carlo Chionio 8 July 1973 Curva Grande 1973 Campionato Italiano Juniores 1973 500 km di Monza 500cc Honda 36 Silvio Moser 25 April 1974 Curva Ascari 1974 World Championship of Makes 1974 1000 km di Monza Lola T294 37 Ronnie Peterson 10 Sep 1978Autosport p155 dated 13 July 2000 Haymarket Specialist Publications Rettifilo Tribune 1978 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1978 Italian Grand Prix Lotus 78 - Cosworth 38 Mauro Ceccoli 24 May 1987 Curve di Lesmo 1987 Gran Premio delle Nazioni 1987 Yamaha Super Trophy 400cc Yamaha FZ 39 Wilmer Marsigli 2 Aug 1991 Rettifilo 1991 Italian Motor-Cycle Championship Trofeo Italiano 250 250cc Aprilia 40 Domenico Cirrito 15 June 1992 1992 Trofeo Series Practice 750cc Suzuki 41 Marco Burnelli 8 April 1996 Curva Grande 1996 Italian Supersport Championship Supersport Race 600cc Ducati 42 Michael Paquay 7 May 1998 Rettifilo 1998 Monza Superbike World Championship round 1998 World Supersport Championship 600cc Honda CBR

List of fatal accidents during unofficial testing No Competitor Date Place Entrant Event Type 1 Enrico Giaccone 26 Aug 1923 FIAT S.A. Private Test Fiat 805 2 Rudolf Heydel 4 Feb 1936 Auto Union AG Private Test Auto Union Type C 3 Emilio Villoresi 20 June 1939 Scuderia Ferrari Private Test Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta 4 Renzo Cantoni 5 March 1939 Private Test Maserati 1100 5 Luigi Alberti 28 June 1959 Curva Grande Moto Guzzi SpA Private Test 500cc Moto Guzzi Dondolino 6 Alberto Ascari 26 May 1955Autosport p86 dated 13 July 2000 Haymarket Specialist Publications Curva del Vialone Scuderia Ferrari Private Test Ferrari 750S Monza 7 Gianni Degli Antoni 7 Aug 1956 Curve di Lesmo Private Test 125cc Ducati Desmo 8 Phil Green 5 May 1959 Curve di Lesmo Private Test MG Spider 9 Bruno Deserti 25 May 1965 Curva Grande Scuderia Ferrari Private Test Ferrari 330 P3 10 Davide Gallieri 12 May 1998 Rettifilo Private Test 600cc Bimota YB9 SR

List of fatal accidents involving race officials No Official Date Place Series Race Role 1 Paolo Gislimberti 10 Sep 2000 Variante della Roggia 2000 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 2000 Italian Grand Prix Fire Marshal

List of fatal accidents involving spectators Driver Date Place Series Race 20 Emilio Materassi 9 Sep 1928The Chequered Flag - 100 Years of Motor Racing p123 by Ivan Rendall (1995) Media Eye Ltd Weidenfeld & Nicolson Rettifilo Tribune 1928 Italian Grand Prix 15 Wolfgang von Trips 10 Sep 1961The Chequered Flag - 100 Years of Motor Racing p225 by Ivan Rendall (1995) Media Eye Ltd Weidenfeld & Nicolson Curva Parabolica 1961 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1961 Italian Grand Prix

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See also Driver deaths in motorsport