[1][3][4] Her father, Curt Lincoln,[1][4][5][6] was a wealthy Finnish amateur race car driver[1][4][6] and tennis player,[1][4] who made one Davis Cup appearance for Finland.

[9] An "extraordinary beauty",[4] she chose instead to begin a career as a fashion model in London, Paris and New York,[4] primarily to maintain her independence from Jochen Rindt.

[11] In the early 1960s, Jochen Rindt became acquainted with Curt Lincoln, as they were both competing in Formula Junior car racing.

[1][10] According to Amanda McLaren, daughter of Bruce McLaren, Jochen Rindt's first Formula One teammate (at Cooper in 1965[14]): "In the '50s and '60s, the wives and the girlfriends were really important to the team as they made the tea and coffee, and made all the sandwiches, as there was no on-site corporate hospitality.

"[15]Nina Rindt is now synonymous with the Universal Genève Compax model chronograph wristwatch she used to wear trackside on Grand Prix weekends.

[4] At the end of the 1970 Formula 1 season, when Jochen Rindt became the only posthumous World Driver's Champion, there was no official trophy to be awarded.

[5][25][26] Born in New Zealand and raised in England, Phillip Martyn was "the world's first self-professed professional backgammon player", and a friend of Jackie Stewart's.

[6] A decade later, in 2010, she attended the opening in Vienna of a photo exhibition about Jochen Rindt, entitled "Formula 1's first rock star".

Jochen Rindt Place (or Square)), in the newly developing district of Reininghaus in Graz.

[1] As of 2014,[28] and also 2024,[31] the dessert menu at Kosmos [fi], a highly regarded traditional Finnish restaurant in Helsinki,[32][33] included "Chilled Chocolate Cheesecake Nina Lincoln’s style".

Flanked by wide glasses and a few jewels, we easily spy out her slender silhouette and her super elegant look.