A major crash caused large fragments of debris to fly into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and french driver pierre bouillon who raced under the name pierre levegh and injuring nearly 180 more. The two main englishlanguage books dealing solely with the disaster. This breathtaking animated film retells the 1955 le mans disaster. Influence of aerodynamics on the fatal crash in le mans 1955. This breathtaking animated film retells the 1955 le mans. That crash has been extremely well documented in christopher hiltons book le mans 55, subtitled 1955 le mans disastermalaysian grand prix24h le. That crash has been extremely well documented in christopher hiltons book le mans 55, subtitled the crash that changed the face of motor racing. The scene of the crash at le mans racing circuit, after pierre leveghs mercedes. In the history of racing disasters, the 1955 24 hours of le mans tragedy still exists in a category of its own. Reckless british playboy behind motor racings biggest. Fiftynine years ago, the 1955 le mans 24hour race started like any other. It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport history, and it.
Le mans 1955 horror crash that killed 82 people will always be. The 1955 le mans accident in january 1955, hawthorn joined the jaguar racing team, replacing stirling moss, who had left for mercedes. At the beginning of 1955, the deadly nature of motorsports was an accepted reality. Author christoper hilton is very precise at delivering the overwhelming information in a book you can not put down. That crash has been extremely well documented in christopher hiltons book le mans 55, subtitled the crash that changed the face of motor. The various points of view can be summarised as follows. It was the worst and most horrific disaster in the history of motor racing. That crash has been extremely well documented in christopher hiltons book. In 2005, fifty years after the accident, a vast amount of papers and books were. In this exceptionally detailed book, hilton traces the chain of events that. Le mans 1955 and christopher hiltons le mans 1955, although the accident has also been analysed in numerous magazines, biographies and marque histories.
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