At the Coppa Acerba, seen here in colour in 1937, Bern Rosemeyer lost a wheel on his way into the pits. It doesn’t seem to have worried him, as the interview shows. Followed by coverage of the Donington Grand Prix of the same year:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhLDaEBZMv4]
There’s a specific attitude to fear there that’s worth exploring. Not an absence; an attitude.