- took the
racing name
Pierre Levegh [ləvɛk] in
memory of his
uncle Alfred Velghe, a
pioneering driver who died in 1904.
Levegh died in the 1955 Le Mans disaster...
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racing driver and
cyclist who
competed under the
pseudonym Levegh. On 1
October 1899,
Levegh drove a Mors in a race
between Bordeaux and
Biarritz (232 km)...
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debris flew into the crowd,
killing 83
spectators and
French driver Pierre Levegh, and
injuring around 120 more. It was the most
catastrophic crash in motorsport...
- team car
driven by
Pierre Levegh. Even with the
innovative wind-brake, the car's drum
brakes could not help
prevent Levegh from rear-ending an Austin-Healey...
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Sports Car Championship.
During the race, a
crash killed driver Pierre Levegh and 83
spectators while injuring 120
others in the
deadliest accident in...
- used two
drivers in the
early decades, some Le Mans
drivers such as
Pierre Levegh and
Eddie Hall
attempted to run the race solo,
hoping to save time by not...
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Manuel Fangio and
Stirling Moss. The team's
second car,
driven by
Pierre Levegh and John Fitch, is to
support them and make sure they keep the lead. Fitch...
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testing a
Ferrari 750
Monza at Monza. And ex-Formula One
driver Pierre Levegh was
killed in the 1955 Le Mans disaster,
along with 83 spectators. This...
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primary cause and not any of the
three drivers involved,
Levegh,
Lance Macklin, with
whose car
Levegh collided, or Mike Hawthorn, the
eventual winner who was...
- in the most
catastrophic accident in
motorsport history.
Driver Pierre Levegh and more than 80
spectators lost
their lives,
while many more were injured...
