POLICAR PCW02 - Lotus 72 - Monza GP 1970 #22 - Jochen Rindt

POLICAR PCW02 - Lotus 72 - Monza GP 1970 #22 - Jochen Rindt

 LIMITED EDITION

DRIVER: Jochen Rindt
BODY: high detail with interior
MOTOR: Slim-Can 24,500rpm (code: PMX01)
MOTOR CONFIGURATION: Inline
MOTOR MOUNT: Type C
GEARS: Pinion is 9T brass - Stepdown gear 25/16T; Crown 17T
MAGNET: none
RIMS: Front 13.8x7.9, Rear 16x11.7
HEIGHT: 30mm
OVERALL LENGTH: 126mm
WIDTH: 78.5mm
WHEELBASE: 60mm

Rindt moved to Lotus in 1969, although he was often concerned about the safety of the notoriously unreliable Lotus vehicles.
He won his first Formula One race at the 1969 United States Grand Prix. He had a very successful 1970 season, mainly racing the revolutionary Lotus 72, and won five of the first nine races.
In practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, he spun into the guardrails after a failure on his cars brake shaft. Rindt was killed owing to severe throat injuries caused by his seat belt; he was pronounced dead while on the way to hospital. As his closest competitor Jacky Ickx was unable to score sufficient points in the remaining races of the season, Rindt was awarded the World Championship posthumously.