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The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France.Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring around 120 more.
The 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 23rd 24 Hours of Le Mans and took place on 11 and 12 June 1955 on Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fourth round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. During the race, a crash killed driver Pierre Levegh and 83 spectators while injuring 120 others in the deadliest accident in motor racing history.
Ferrari 340 MM Vignale: Luigi Chinetti: Maison Blanche Race Cole was killed when his Ferrari left the road, impacting one of several farm houses lining the road at Maison Blanche. Cole was thrown from the car and died at the scene. [14] Pierre Levegh: 11 June, 1955: Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR: Daimler-Benz A.G. Pit straight Race
A staggering 83 people died when Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR broke up into the spectator stands at Le Mans 1955 and Robert Bull saw it all.
The 1955 Le Mans accident In January 1955, Hawthorn joined the Jaguar racing team, replacing Stirling Moss , who had left for Mercedes. [ 17 ] Hawthorn won the 1955 les 24 Heures du Mans following what has been described as an inspired drive in which he set a lap record of 4 minutes and 6.6 seconds during a three-hour duel with Fangio in the ...
Deadliest Crash includes film and stills from the race as well as eyewitness accounts; [2] one spectator's roll of film was reconstructed for the programme. [3] Seeking to establish what caused the disaster, it employs computer modelling to argue that the design of the track, with a curve creating a "pinch point", was the primary cause and not any of the three drivers involved, Levegh, Lance ...
[3] [4] Widely considered to be the worst accident [5] is the 1955 Le Mans disaster at 24 Hours of Le Mans that killed driver Pierre Levegh and approximately 80 spectators with over 100 being injured in total.
The remaining Ferrari entry, car no. 5 with Trintignant and Schell, retired with a faulty clutch after 107 laps and 10 hours of racing. [12] The race itself remained a black card in the history of motorsport because of the catastrophic crash that occurred, which came to be known as the 1955 Le Mans disaster. [10]