Editing Jochen Rindt (section)

====Brabham (1968)====
Prior to {{F1|1968}}, Rindt received offers from every team except [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] and [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]],{{sfn|Giesser|2010}} and moved to Brabham, who had been world champions in the two previous seasons. Technical problems restricted him that year. Brabham's [[Repco#Repco V8 engine|Repco V8 engine]] was not competitive against the now widely used [[Cosworth DFV]]<ref name=walitsch/> and Rindt finished just two races, both in third place. At the season opener in [[1968 South African Grand Prix|South Africa]] on New Year's Day, Rindt placed third, being elevated by a late retirement from [[Jackie Stewart]] and closing on second-placed Graham Hill towards the end.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clark eases to victory in last grand prix|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/56585.html|publisher=ESPN|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116202324/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/56585.html |archive-date=16 January 2016|date=1 January 1968}}</ref> The race was won by [[Jim Clark]], a close friend of Rindt's. It was Clark's final Formula One race; he died three months later at a Formula Two race at [[Hockenheimring|Hockenheim]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tsvyk|first1=Andrew|title=1968 South African Grand Prix flashback|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/01/21/1968-south-african-grand-prix-flashback/|publisher=F1Fanatic|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116202105/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/01/21/1968-south-african-grand-prix-flashback/ |archive-date=16 January 2016|date=21 January 2009}}</ref> Rindt was deeply affected by his death, telling Austrian journalist Heinz Prüller: "If Jim Clark is not safe, what can happen to us?"{{sfn|Reuß|2010}} His second podium finish came in heavy rain and fog at the Nürburgring at the {{F1GP|1968|German}}, a race dominated by Stewart, who finished four minutes ahead of Hill in second place. Rindt had closed on Hill in the latter stages of the race after the Englishman spun, and finished just four seconds behind after a close battle during the last lap.<ref>{{cite web|title=Masterful Stewart tames treacherous Nurburgring|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/56647.html|publisher=ESPN|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116202849/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/56647.html |archive-date=16 January 2016|date=4 August 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Födisch|first1=Jörg Thomas|last2=Völker|first2=Bernhard|last3=Behrndt|first3=Michael|title=Der große Preis von Deutschland. Alle Rennen seit 1926|date=2008|publisher=Heel Verlag|location=Königswinter|isbn=978-3-86852-043-9|page=120}}</ref> His eight points placed him twelfth in the championship at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=1968 F1 World Championship|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/championships/1-f1/150-1968-f1-world-championship|magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116203211/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/championships/1-f1/150-1968-f1-world-championship |archive-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

During these years, he also raced in the [[Indianapolis 500]] in both [[1967 Indianapolis 500|1967]] and [[1968 Indianapolis 500|1968]], but finished only 24th and 32nd,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=1967 Indianapolis 500|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/races/572-1967-indianapolis-500|magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116204005/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/races/572-1967-indianapolis-500 |archive-date=16 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=1968 Indianapolis 500|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/races/573-1968-indianapolis-500|magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116204048/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/database/races/573-1968-indianapolis-500 |archive-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> completing only five laps in 1968 after finishing slightly more than half of the 1967 race. After dropping out of the 1967 race, Rindt was interviewed on the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network|radio network]] by Luke Walton. When asked what he thought of the "500", he said "not much".<ref>{{cite episode|series=Beyond the Bricks with Jake Query & Mike Thomsen|title=Jake and Mike Talk About Dave MacDonald, Indy 500 Year Books and more!|station=[[WFNI]]|airdate=May 22, 2024}}</ref> In an interview in 2014, Heinz Prüller recalled Rindt speaking about Indianapolis in 1967: "In Indianapolis, I always feel like I am on my way to my own funeral."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Menath|first1=Christian|title=Heinz Prüller: Erinnerungen an Jochen Rindt – Besser als Senna|url=http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-199638-interview-heinz-prueller-erinnerungen-an-jochen-rindt-besser-als-senna/|website=motorsport-magazin.com|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116203559/http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-199638-interview-heinz-prueller-erinnerungen-an-jochen-rindt-besser-als-senna/ |archive-date=16 January 2016|language=de|date=7 September 2014}}</ref> At another occasion, he said about the track: "It is catastrophic, I only drive there because of the money."<ref name=spiegel2/>