Talk:Helmuth Koinigg

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sad detail

After the fatal accident the race went on and wasn´t stopped. A tarp was put over the demolished car, the body of Koinigg still in the seat and his Head (still in the helmet) behind his body. Only after the race his corpse was salvaged out of the wreck.

pictures of the acdcident (warning: consider that the pictures are very disturbing.)

https://picasaweb.google.com/Koinigg/HelmuthKoiniggAlsoHelmutKoinigg19481974Formula1#5036169534010863426

https://picasaweb.google.com/Koinigg/HelmuthKoiniggAlsoHelmutKoinigg19481974Formula1#5036169439521582850

https://picasaweb.google.com/Koinigg/HelmuthKoiniggAlsoHelmutKoinigg19481974Formula1#5036169525420928818

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Foozy7 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This kind of detail is ghoulish and totally unnecessary. Anyone wishing to see this stuff can find it anytime through other channels. It serves no useful purpose and has no place on Wikipedia. WP:OM Flanker235 (talk) 10:34, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Helmuth or Helmut?

A couple of times now, editors have changed the first name from "Helmuth" to "Helmut", with edit summaries along the lines of "his name is Helmut not Helmuth". Various sources spell his first name as follows:

Helmuth: formula1.com, driverdb.com, motorsportmagazine.com, FORIX (subscription site)
Helmut: oldracingcars.com (usually very reliable), grandprix.com, findagrave.com (which includes a photo of his gravestone which says "Helmut")

motorsportmemorial.org uses both spellings, and makes reference to an Autosport forum thread (http://forums.autosport.com/topic/201162-koinigg-helmut-or-helmuth/), which no longer exists at that address but which I believe was merged into this thread: https://forums.autosport.com/topic/70242-helmut-koinigg-merged/, which discusses the spelling, particularly from this post onwards. DH85868993 (talk) 00:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The German-language version of this article uses Helmut and cites several German-language sources using that spelling. That and the spelling on his own grave strongly suggest that should be the one we go with. T v x1 08:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]