Fascinating F1 Fact: 86
Pierre Levegh will forever be remembered as the man who crashed at Le Mans in 1955, his Mercedes disintegrating into the crowd, killing at least 80 people. In truth, there was little he could have done to avoid the accident, triggered by Mike Hawthorn swerving towards his pit and braking heavily, leaving Lance Macklin with […]
Pierre Levegh will forever be remembered as the man who crashed at Le Mans in 1955, his Mercedes disintegrating into the crowd, killing at least 80 people. In truth, there was little he could have done to avoid the accident, triggered by Mike Hawthorn swerving towards his pit and braking heavily, leaving Lance Macklin with […]
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