With the 2008 F1 season starting in a few days i thought we should look back and remember the drivers who lost their lives doing what they love and entertaining us... the fans....

All the following has been copied from Wikipedia.....

This is a list of Formula One fatal accidents, which consists of all the drivers who have died during a FIA World Championship race weekend, or elsewhere while driving a Formula One car. It does not include track marshals and other race attendees, or F1 races held before the inauguration of the World Championship in 1950. Forty-three drivers have died in this fashion, 24 during a World Championship Grand Prix race weekend, 8 during Indianapolis 500 World Championship events[1], 8 during a test session and 3 during a non-championship Formula One event.

Fifteen drivers died in the 1950s; twelve in the 1960s; ten in the 1970s; four in the 1980s and two in the 1990s. Drivers from the United States of America have had the most fatal accidents with eleven drivers from that country having died.

Driver - Date of accident - Race - Circuit - Car - During

Chet Miller - May 15, 1953 - 1953 Indianapolis 500[1] - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Kurtis Kraft - Practice

Carl Scarborough - May 30, 1953 - 1953 Indianapolis 500[1] - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Kurtis Kraft - Race

Charles de Tornaco - September 18, 1953 - Test Modena Autodrome - Ferrari - Test

Onofre Marimón - July 31, 1954 - 1954 German Grand Prix - Nürburgring - Maserati - Practice

Manny Ayulo May 16, 1955 - 1955 Indianapolis 500[1] - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Kuzma - Practice

Bill Vukovich - May 30, 1955 - 1955 Indianapolis 500[1] - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Kurtis Kraft - Race

Eugenio Castellotti - March 14, 1957 - Test - Modena Autodrome - Ferrari - Test

Keith Andrews - May 15, 1957[1] - 1957 Indianapolis 500[1] - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Kurtis Kraft - Practice

Pat O'Connor - May 30, 1958 - 1958 Indianapolis 500[1] - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Kurtis Kraft - Race

Luigi Musso - July 6, 1958 - 1958 French Grand Prix - Reims-Gueux - Ferrari - Race

Peter Collins - August 3, 1958 - 1958 German Grand Prix - Nürburgring - Ferrari - Race

Stuart Lewis-Evans - September 19, 1958 - 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix - Ain-Diab Circuit - Vanwall - Race

Jerry Unser - May 17, 1959 - 1959 Indianapolis 500[1] - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Kurtis Kraft - Pre-race test

Bob Cortner - May 19, 1959 - 1959 Indianapolis 500[1] - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Cornis - Pre-race test

Ivor Bueb - August 1, 1959 - Test - Charade Circuit - Cooper - Test

Harry Schell - May 13, 1960 - International Trophy - Silverstone - Cooper - Qualifying

Chris Bristow - June 19, 1960 - 1960 Belgian Grand Prix[2] - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Cooper - Race

Alan Stacey - June 19, 1960 - 1960 Belgian Grand Prix[2] - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - Lotus - Race

Giulio Cabianca - February 17, 1961 - Test - Modena Autodrome - Cooper - Test

Wolfgang von Trips[3] - September 10, 1961 - 1961 Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza - Ferrari - Race

Ricardo Rodríguez[4] - November 1, 1962 - 1962 Mexican Grand Prix - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez - Lotus - Practice

Carel Godin de Beaufort - August 2, 1964 - 1964 German Grand Prix - Nürburgring - Porsche - Practice

John Taylor - August 7, 1966[5] - 1966 German Grand Prix - Nürburgring - Brabham - Race

Lorenzo Bandini - May 7, 1967[6] - 1967 Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco - Ferrari - Race

Bob Anderson - August 14, 1967 - Test - Silverstone - Brabham - Test

Jo Schlesser - July 7, 1968 - 1968 French Grand Prix - Rouen-Les-Essarts - Honda - Race

Gerhard Mitter - August 2, 1969 - 1969 German Grand Prix - Nürburgring - BMW[7] - Practice

Piers Courage - June 7, 1970 - 1970 Dutch Grand Prix - Circuit Zandvoort - De Tomaso - Race

Jochen Rindt[8] - September 5, 1970 - 1970 Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza - Lotus - Qualifying

Jo Siffert - October 24, 1971 - 1971 Brands Hatch Victory Race[9] - Brands Hatch - BRM - Race

Roger Williamson - July 29, 1973 - 1973 Dutch Grand Prix - Circuit Zandvoort - March - Race

François Cevert - October 7, 1973 - 1973 United States Grand Prix - Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course - Tyrrell - Qualifying

Peter Revson - March 30, 1974 - 1974 South African Grand Prix - Kyalami Shadow - Pre-race - test

Helmut Koinigg - October 6, 1974 - 1974 United States Grand Prix - Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course - Surtees - Race

Mark Donohue - August 19, 1975 - 1975 Austrian Grand Prix - Österreichring - Penske - Practice

Tom Pryce[10] - March 5, 1977 - 1977 South African Grand Prix - Kyalami - Shadow - Race

Ronnie Peterson - September 11, 1978[11] - 1978 Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza - Lotus - Race

Patrick Depailler - August 1, 1980 - Test - Hockenheimring - Alfa Romeo - Test

Gilles Villeneuve - May 8, 1982[12] - 1982 Belgian Grand Prix - Zolder - Ferrari - Qualifying

Riccardo Paletti - June 13, 1982 - 1982 Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Osella - Race

Elio de Angelis - May 15, 1986 - Test - Circuit Paul Ricard - Brabham - Test

Roland Ratzenberger - April 30, 1994 - 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari - Simtek - Qualifying

Ayrton Senna - May 1, 1994 - 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari - Williams - Race

Notes
[1]^ a b c d e f g The Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 until 1960. In this context, an Indianapolis 500 "event" includes both the race itself and all the testing, practice and qualifying sessions in the so-called "month of May" leading up to the race.
[2]^ Although both drivers died at the same Grand Prix, Alan Stacey and Chris Bristow were not involved in the same accident. Bristow died on the 19th lap after being thrown out of his car, a result of losing control of his car at Malmedy, while Stacey died on the 24th lap after a bird flew into his face and he lost control of his car.
[3]^ Fifteen spectators were also killed in Von Trips' fatal accident.
[4]^ At the age of 20 years, 8 months and 18 days, Ricardo Rodríguez is the youngest person to have suffered a fatal accident in Formula One.
[5]^ John Taylor died of serious burns a few weeks after the accident on September 8, 1966 in Koblenz, Germany.
[6]^ Lorenzo Bandini died three days after his accident.
[7]^ Mitter was driving a Formula Two car. F2 cars were allowed to take part in the F1 race as part of a separate contest.
[8]^ After his death, Jochen Rindt was declared champion after his rivals failed to overhaul his points tally four rounds later.
[9]^ The Brands Hatch Victory Race was not a part of the 1971 world championship.
[10]^ As well as Tom Pryce, Jansen Van Vuuren, a teenage volunteer safety marshal, died in the accident after Pryce collided with him at high speed.
[11]^ Peterson died in hospital the following day.
[12]^ Villeneuve died in hospital later that day.

Source: Wikipedia

R.I.P everyone on that list

Didn't realise it was that many, R.I.P :(