The 1955 Le Mans Crash

This page shows a 58 second video of the Le Mans Crash in 1955 and is quite graphic (there is no sound).

Have you read both of our detailed Le Mans analysis sections before looking at this so that you have background to these images. In particular, Paul Frere in the 2nd part analyses the events leading up to the crash and, as the investigation at the time did, clears Mike Hawthorn of any blame over the incident despite others who clearly laid the blame on Mike.

You need RealPlayer installed on your terminal to view it on this page - if you don't have this you can download it for free from the RealPlayer site.

The video should start automatically in most browsers. FireFox users may need to hit the Play button first - if the window remains blank then you need to play it directly.

You should also check out these pages on our site for more information:

90+ Still images from the above video plus some earlier stills of the crash start
Analysis of the crash Part 1
Analysis of the crash Part 2