Lest we forget
Sixty years ago today Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes ran into the back of Lance Macklin’s Austin Healey, which was trying to avoid Mike Hawthorn’s Jaguar, which had slowed unexpectedly as Hawthorn decided at the last minute to put. Levegh’s car flew, hit the earth bank beside the circuit and disintegrated, parts flying into the crowd at […]
Sixty years ago today Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes ran into the back of Lance Macklin’s Austin Healey, which was trying to avoid Mike Hawthorn’s Jaguar, which had slowed unexpectedly as Hawthorn decided at the last minute to put. Levegh’s car flew, hit the earth bank beside the circuit and disintegrated, parts flying into the crowd at […]
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