Motor Racing 1894 - 1949 - a brief history

 Safety in Formula One from 1950 including:

 Timeline

 The Professionalization of Drivers & Formation of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association

 Masculinity and the perception of risk

 The Formation the Formula One Constructors' Association

 Commercialization and Safety

 The Formation of the Grand Prix Medical Service

 Newspaper analysis: The Times newspaper reporting of fatalities 1950 - 97

 The Media and the Safety Issue

 A Summary of Conclusions and Thoughts

 Women in Motorsports including:

 Women in Motorsports Timeline

 Women Working in Motorsports

 The Representation of Women in Motorsports

Table 2

Content Analysis Observations of 'The Times' Newspaper Reports of F1 Fatalities 1950 - 1997

 

NAME Year Front Page Front Section Sports

Section

 Obit' Photo Crash

Photo
Marimon 1954 - - - - - -
Castelotti 1957 - Fatality - Yes - -
Musso 1958 - - - - - -
Collins 1958 - Fatality Race Yes Car -
Lewis-Evans 1958 - Race - Yes - -
Schell 1960 - Fatality - Yes Car -
Bristow 1960 - Fatality Race - Car/Port Yes
Stacey 1960 - Fatality Race - Port -
Cabianca 1961 - - - - - -
Von Trips 1961 - Fatality Race Yes Port Yes (2)
Beaufort 1964 - - Race Yes - -
Taylor 1966 - - Race & Injury Yes - -
Bandini 1967 Injury Fatality Race Yes - Yes FP
Anderson 1967 - Fatality - Yes Port -
Schlesser 1968 Fatality - Race Yes - -
Courage 1970 - - Race & Fatality Yes - -
Rindt 1970 - - Race & Fatality Yes Port -
Williamson 1973 Fatality - Race Yes - Yes FP
Cevert 1973 - - Race & Fatality Yes - -
Koinigg 1974 - - Race & Fatality - - -
Donohue 1975 - - Race & Fatality Yes - Yes
Pyrce1 1977 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Peterson 1978 'Taster'

to Sports

 - Race & Fatality Yes - Yes
Depailler 1980 'Taster'

to Obit'

 - - Yes - -
Villeneuve 1982 - - Race & Fatality Yes - Yes
Paletti 1982 'Taster'

to Sports

 - Fatality - - -
De Angelis 1986 Fatality - Feature 'testing safety' Yes - -
Ratzenberger2 1994 - - - Yes - -
Senna 1994 Fatality - Fatality Yes Car (1) Port (2) Yes FP (2)
Notes: 
  • 1 'The Times' microfilm for this period was unavailable.

    2 Ratzenberger died on Saturday 30th April 1994 - his death was not widely covered in The Times Monday 2nd May 1994 and The Sunday Times was not available on microfilm - however the authors recollection notes this death was covered by Sunday newspapers and notes the death of Ayrton Senna the following day as undoubtedly having an affect on the reporting for Monday 2nd may 1994.

    •

      'Front Page' - refers to the front page of the newspaper though in the early part of the 1950's The Times did not print news articles on the front page 

    'Front Section' - refers to the editorial pages of the newspaper  

    'Sports Section' - refers to those pages designated to sports news  

    'Obit' - refers to obituaries - usually designated to the personal section of the newspaper  

    'Photos' - refers to the use of file photographs

      'Crash Photos' - refers to photographs showing the accident including the actual moment of an accident, the accident seen and/or the injured/dead driver.

    Key

    Fatality - body of text in which the details of a driver's death reported

    Race - body of text in which the details of the race are reported

    Injury - body of text in which details of a drivers injuries are reported prior to their death

    Taster - front page headline which summarizes and directs readers to full article inside (noting the position of the full article)

    Car - In car photograph of driver

    Port - portrait photograph of driver

    Feature - feature report

    FP - donates 'crash photograph' was on the front page of the newspaper

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