Did anyone see the documentary last night on the 1955 Le mans race? 83 people killed and over 200 injured and i didnt even know about it. Was interesting how the american driver cant remember his name blamed Mike Hawthorn but it didnt look like his fault to me, had some good footage of Moss, Hawthorn and fangio. Its still available on BBC iplayer,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... _Disaster/
Le Mans 1955
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It took Mercedes 55 years to get back into the sport as a mfr because of that.
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I've seen that documentary, or an extremely similar one, on YouTube. Very sad 
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Yeah its well worth a watch if anyone hasnt seen it.
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I didn't even taught it...It really surprised when i had seen the video.
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the worst day in the history of autosport
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