Hans-Peter Joisten (born January 5, 1942 in Cologne; died July 21, 1973 in Spa, Belgium) was a German racing car driver.
Joisten began his racing career in touring car motorsport in the late 1960s.
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MoreHans-Peter Joisten (born January 5, 1942 in Cologne; died July 21, 1973 in Spa, Belgium) was a German racing car driver.
Joisten began his racing career in touring car motorsport in the late 1960s.
In 1972 he drove for the Faltz-Alpina team in a BMW 2800 CS in the German racing championship, where he achieved 9th place in the overall standings. In the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring, Jürgen Neuhaus and Joisten achieved 5th place in the T + 2.0 group. A year later, he and the young Austrian piloted Niki Lauda a BMW 3.0 CSL the big prize of touring cars in the 6-hour race at the Nurburgring to 3rd place and in the subsequent 24-hour race at the Nürburgring took 1st place in June.
On July 21, 1973, at the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps, Joisten had a fatal accident in his BMW 3.0 CSL. During the 7th hour of the race, shortly after overtaking the Frenchman Roger Dubos in the Malmedy curve, his car skidded. Dubos could no longer avoid it and rammed his Alfa Romeo Joistens Alpina-BMW. Both drivers were killed instantly in the impact.
In the same race, the Italian Massimo Larini later had an accident with his Alfa Romeo GTAm at Les Combes and died seven days later in hospital from his injuries. After these tragic accidents, the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack was redesigned.
Subject ID: 53946
Subject ID: 53946