The extensive information shown here covering the death of Mike Hawthorn is based on an article that appeared in Jaguar World in March 1999. It is reproduced with permission from the publishers and the authors, Paul Skilleter and Paul Roach. Further information or explanation that affects the text and has come to light since the article was published is noted throughout as [Addenda: .....]. We've also used some Google Earth © imagery to give a modern view of the 1959 crash scene.

Note that previously unpublished information that throws new light on the accident is detailed in the new book about Mike - see link at top of this page
 

The simple wording of the newspaper headline that greeted workers on their way home on the wet winter evening of 22nd January 1959 - no one needed telling who 'Mike' was

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