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New Mon 17 May 10 18:12 
 Le mans 1955 - Armel Coussine
I remember it, but not well. Hawthorn was involved, and so was an amateur driver, Lance Macklin I think. Utterly horrendous crash that brought everyone up short.

Run-off areas and Armco aren't picturesque, but they do have a positive side, as do flameproof overalls, proper helmets, roll cages and so on.

I think of the two crashes at Monaco yesterday, Barichello's high-speed off when his car disintegrated, and whoever it was running over Chandok. No one even badly shaken. It wouldn't have been like that in the fifties.
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