The 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, held at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France, is remembered not only for the intense rivalry on the track but also for the catastrophic event that became the deadliest ...

1955 Le Mans disaster. Witness History. On 11 June 1955, ... On 11 June 1955, more than 80 people were killed and 100 injured at the Le Mans 24-hour race.

In 1999, Mercedes returned to the Le Mans 24 Hours with a bold new prototype, the CLR. Designed to dominate the LMGTP class, the CLR was an engineering marvel, but its performance would become ...

History and risk. The 2025 race also marks the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Le Mans disaster, the darkest day in motorsport history, when a crash involving Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes caused debris ...

In June 1955, more than 80 people were killed and 100 injured at the Le Mans 24-hour race. In June 1955, ... Sampoong department store disaster. The 'graveyard' for communist statues.