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John Michael Hawthorn was a British racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1952 to 1958. Hawthorn won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1958 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Pri
Hawthorn at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans
Hawthorn leads Peter Collins in their Ferrari 801 cars, during the 1957 German Grand Prix
Hawthorn driving his Ferrari to third in the Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
A 1959 Jaguar 3.4 Mk.1
Pierre Levegh
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Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin was a French sportsman and racing driver. He took the racing name Pierre Levegh in memory of his uncle Alfred Velghe, a pioneering driver who died in 1904. Levegh died in
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…the early stages. However, the race was marred by the worst disaster in motor racing history, a crash which killed 83 spectators and Mercedes driver Pierre Levegh. After overtaking Lance Macklin's Healey, Hawthorn suddenly braked in front of him on noticing an order to enter the pits to refuel, causing Macklin…
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Velghe/Strom/Boullin family grave, in which Levegh is interred