Thanks to Short of the Week for the tip on this. Description from YouTube: "The 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955. 300,000 spectators are watching from the sidelines. It is 6:00 PM when Pierre Levegh's ...

A staggering 83 people died when Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR broke up into the spectator stands at Le Mans 1955 and Robert Bull saw it all.

Of course, Le Mans 1955 is not immune to historical slights. The film leans into the disaster’s inherent drama. The crash, for example, occurred before sunset.

The 1955 Le Mans race is grimly remembered for Mercedes driver Pierre Levegh's horrific crash on the pit straight, which claimed the lives of more than 80 spectators. But it's an event that also ...

The 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955. 300.000 spectators are watching from the sidelines. It is 6:00 PM when Pierre Levegh's car ploughs into the spectator stands, scattering the crowd with his car ...

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 to fly ...