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◊ 2021-08-19 21:00 |
No surprise this is animated. Good luck tracking down an actual '55 Mercedes 300 SLR, Porsche Spyder racer, Jag D-Type, and Ferrari 750 Monza and getting the permission and funds to rent them! |
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◊ 2023-10-14 15:39 |
This film was about the Le Mans Disaster that had occurred during the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the evening of the 11th June 1955. The disaster had occurred at 6:20PM, when the No. 20 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, driven by French racing driver, Pierre Bouillin (known as Pierre Levegh) and his American co-driver, John Fitch collided with the No. 26 Austin-Healey 100 S, driven by British private entrant racing driver, Lance Macklin and his co-driver, Les Leston, sending Bouillin's Mercedes over the Healey and into the crowd. The impact of the crash had caused the car to disintegrate and throwing Bouillion from the car, killing him. At the time of the crash, Fitch was in the Mercedes-Benz Team's trailer parked behind the pits, having a coffee with Bouillin's wife when they heard the crash. Fitch then told Madame Bouillion to stay at the trailer while he would see what had happened. In an interview given years after the disaster, Fitch stated when he got to the scene, he saw the carnage and assisted some of the injured members in the crowd. When he returned to the trailer, Fitch then stated that Madame Bouillin could see the "grim look" on his face and immediately knew that Bouillin had been killed. This film also mentioned the deaths of Italian racing drivers Alberto Ascari and Mario Alborghetti were killed the same year as Bouillin. In the case of Alberto Ascari, he was test-driving a new Ferrari 750 Monza at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza track near Milan on the 26th May 1955 when he lost control coming out of a bend and turned the vehicle onto its nose, causing the vehicle to somersault twice and throwing Ascari from the vehicle and onto the track, resulting in Ascari dying from his injuries minutes later. It was revealed that Ascari's co-driver, Eugenio Castellotti was meant to conduct the test-drive as both Ascari and Castellotti were scheduled to drive the vehicle for the upcoming 6 Hours of Monza race held at the track and that Ascari was wearing Castellotti's clothes when he took the vehicle out. In the case of Mario Alborghetti, Alborghetti was competing in the Pau Grand Prix held at the Pau Circuit in France on the 11th April 1955 when on lap 19 of the race, he became distracted and mistook the accelerator for the brake and crash into some straw bales. While some spectators had sustained minor injuries, the impact resulted Alborghetti's helmet coming off and resulted in him sustaining multiple fatal injuries to his chest and head, killing him. -- Last edit: 2025-02-09 08:13:06 |
