At Hochenheim in 1982, Didier Pironi suffered massive leg injuries that ended his F1 career just a few short months after his infamous “team orders” controversy with then teammate Gilles Villeneuve in the San Marino GP.
ON THIS DAY 87 We lost Didier Pironi, 2nd in 82 after missing the last 5 races due to his crash at Hockenheim pic.twitter.com/JAP1IYH5em
— Retro Formula 1 (@F1_Retro) August 23, 2014
