Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Jochen Rindt ki Tiamana i te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I mate ōna mātua i tētahi whakaeke pōro, ā, i kawea ia e ōna mātua tupuna ki te noho ki Austria. I puta tana pakaru i te Momo Kotahi me te taraiwa kotahi mo Brabham i te 1964 Austrian Grand Prix. I tino miharo ia ki te whakarite i tetahi nohoanga me Cooper mo te tau 1965 a ahakoa kaore i whakataetae te motuka i taea e ia te whakarite i nga waahi e toru o te papa i te tau 1966. I uru atu ia ki a Brabham i te tau 1968, engari he kino rawa atu i te wa i mutu ai te motuka kore pono i te rua o nga whakataetae tekau ma rua. I te whakarere i te kapa mo Lotus, i wikitoria a Rindt i tana whakataetae tuatahi i te 1969, a i te 1970 i te wa i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te Lotus 72, e wikitoria ana i nga whakataetae e wha i te raupapa. I taua tau, e rua nga hoa o Rindt, Bruce McLaren me Piers Courage, i mate i te whakamatautau me te whakataetae. I kii ia ki tana wahine ka mutu tana mahi hākinakina mena ka riro ia hei toa o te ao, ahakoa kaore ia i tutuki i tana kupu whakaari. I a ia e whai wāhi ana ki tētahi hui whakamātautau mō te
Ko te 1970 Italian Grand Prix, i pakaru te parahi matau o mua o te motuka a Rindt, ka tukuna ia ki nga arai ka mate ia. I mawehe atu a Lotus i te whakataetae ka kawea mai a Emerson Fittipaldi ki te whakakii i te nohoanga kore i te Grand Prix whakamutunga i te United States. I wikitoria a Fittipaldi i te whakataetae, i awhina ki te pupuri i te rangatira o Rindt i te toa. I karaunatia a Rindt hei toa o te ao anake i muri i tana matenga i roto i te hitori o te Formula One.