@Feanor89 still...the race continued for eight hours before finish...long after all over 200 wounded & 83 dead were removed and taken to hospital they still went on...Mercedes even approached jaguar to quit racing...Jaguar refused...and even celebrated their victory with smiles & champagne,...a disgrace!!!...it took both mercedes and jaguar 30 years to return to Mans.....
I love how people are so retarded until a bunch of people die, i mean come on seiorusly letting people stand pretty much on the track, or being one of those people who are like "damn this spot is the shit I can almost touch the ca HOLY SHIT" right before their body gets shreaded like cheese.
here is the thing. final distination is not even exagerated badly at all. it was only this year that i found out people can easily get torn apart literally by moving objects. its almost as if i was in denial.
have been reading about the austin healy that is for sale that clipped the merc that crashed, £1.000000 it is going for. such a sad day that must of been.
@StatusBaddest I don't get why they continued the race, I agree with you there. The show must go on is a bit over the top in this instance, even by 1050's standards... but to say they were murdered and your "whitey" remark, automatically makes you a mindless animal.
Nope, officially they kept the race going to keep all roads clear for the ambulances. Picture a quarter of a million people going on the road after canceling the race.
If you pause at a certain point, you see someone who has lost their head in a crash.
These people came for enjoyment. Imagine their horror when an massive pieces of the car fly at them. RIP to all of the deaths, condolences to their families and friends, and RIP to all other fatal accidents that have occoured, and will ever occur.
@goldbullet50 Because the bonnet of the car spun into the crowd and decapitated many spectators, the front axel and engine block also flew into another section of the crowd. Since there was no such thing as safety in 1955, the crowd was packed and fully exposed if anything flew into the spectator areas. Hope that answers your question. If it was a rhetorical question then sorry for wasting your time.
83 died in total, they continued with the race to allow all the ambulances to get away. If they'd stopped it, all the roads would've been jammed by spectators leaving.
Some have no doubt already said this in the comments but when you re-watch the video understand that spectators were decapitated before your very eyes when the bonnet hit the crowd. Absolutely shocking if you ever look deeper into this crash.
As much as I hate to have to put this - to the idiot complaining that they didn't see any decapitated bodies there's some poor person missing his head at 1:32. Couldn't believe how close people where allowed to stand to the track!!! I know its a totally different era but surely just a smidge of common sense and imagination will tell you that standing that close to machines travelling at 150 mph is never a good idea?!
It's horrifying how safety was once an afterthought, far below looking good or being famous. No pit lane walls, no safety barriers or retaining fences, no thought for constraining cars as they neared spectator. Tracks which are "primitive" for safety today (e.g. Watkins' Glen) look state-of-the-art compared to how Le Mans once was.
This one accident produced half as much death as 30 years of the Dakar Rally combined, and Dakar is one of the most dangerous ever except for the Mille Miglia.
Did you SEE that shrapnel straight DECAPITATE hella people? If this isn't the coolest fuckin shit dude... I liked the crash in Final Destination 4 better though, it was in 3D.
@BitchesLoveHardstyle I was watching Final Destination 4 with my mam when she told me about this .__. I came down after the movie... and this is just like it O:
@Yougimpytube The official reason given for going on with the race was to keep the fans from leaving and being on the road at the same time as the ambulances. They figured it was better to keep everything clear for ambulances to be able to get to and from the track.
@Yougimpytube They had gone on, to able the ambulances to reach the circuit, if they had stopped the race, thousand of people would leave the race, stopping the rescue. sorry for my bad english i'm italian x)
That looked like hell to be in that car when it was summer salting in the air, he flew out of the car and went head first into the pavement, then his engine came off and hit people in the crowd, it's nice to see more protection these days in racing though
@doodkabob The Merc was made of magnesium :/ someone put a load of magnesium powder into a cloth and set it on fire at school, someone put water on it and WHOOOOFFFF :(
I am always appalled by the human's sheer stupidity, even at today's motorsports, such as rallying, tons of spectators simply stand reallly close to the street where 400hp monsters passing them by at 200km/h, back in the 80's one crashed wrc car caused 10 death of spectators. Though much less deaths than 1955 LeMans, however these tragedies were repeated on and on....
even animals can sense the underlying danger while humans on the contrary couldn't.
@zhengjdc I don't think it's that humans can't sense the danger, it's that one the whole we don't care. There's something exciting about cheating death. That is until something tragic happens and you're among the dead.
All I can say is that a crash like this probably would have happened sometime later, so we should thank all of the dead here for giving us the safety rules that make modern racing safe but still enjoyable
Wow le mans is an amazing race but this just goes to show you what a dangerous sport car racing is. All of the fans who were killed and pierre lavay let you rest in peace:)
Actually the race goes on for a good reason. There were a lot a people there, and at the end of the race, when everybody leaves, there is a lot of traffic. They kept the race going so the crowd would stay, and so it was a lot easier and faster to get everybody to the hospital.
Actually the race goes on for a good reason. There were a lot a people there, and at the end of the race, when everybody leaves, there is a lot of traffic. They kept the race going so the crowd would stay, and so it was a lot easier and faster to get everybody to the hospital.
@yorchito0808 Cold? Maybe a bit, but its informative and not overly sensitive (today' reporters would almost cry). It were a different (tougher) times - 10 years after the biggest war in the world. War pilots were the first real drivers, and many after them shared similar attitude. Between '54 and Senna death in '94 24 drivers died at F1 events only, and you would have to add many more spectators and drivers in lower formulas (f.e. one of the best F1 drivers Jim Clark died in Formula 2 race)
@marshad82 About the music - look at today's documentaries etc. and you will find music in most of them, and it will be quite dramatic, and will be creating right atmosphere for the topic. Looking on it from 'technical' point - in the opening 11s you can hear the music, then engines and tyres accompanying commentary, until the crash. What would you like to hear from then on? Silence is no option, would you like to hear all the screams and cries? Not to mention how many cuts were made there.
@Miamicop100 thats one of the stupidest number "coincidences" i've ever seen. wanna know a good one? add the numbers together on a roulette wheel and u get 666
The biggest killer was the engine (that huge black mass tumbling at high speed away from the primary collision site). The hood, also detached and decapitated several people, but this happened quickly and is barely discernible in the video. Numerous other bits of debris and the mag. fire killed everyone else. Levegh was thrown clear and died of brain trauma.
@GearsofMaverick Alright, then wikipedia it troller, it has been recorded as the worse crash in motorsports history, IT KILLED PEOPLE, DONT BE AN ASSHOLE AND SAY IT DIDNT EVEN HAPPEN
@VTC1000HP I saw a documentary about the crash, it was told that if they had stopped the race, the huge amount of spectators would seek their ways out of the event and could block the way for ambulances to get to the injuried. The number of death could be increased if the race was stopped.
It is incredible to believe how this race was even allowed to take place knowing what we do now. We had a circuit designed in the 1920's with no safety run offs at all, the only tyre barrier was a tree!! Than you had very light cars using very high octane and very flammable avaition fuel with in excess of 300BHP that could do 190mph along the 4 mile straight with brakes that would not be up to a 1.2 Punto these days Just suicidal man!! Even more tragic for Levet and those poor souls and families
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I still don't buy this "80 dead" story. Watch the video closely. The hood doesn't look like it's going through 80 heads in the first row of spectators, it's clearly seen hitting the barrier behind that first row of spectators, which causes the dust you see at 1:17. The engine and some other debris fly up and then fall down quickly, killing at best the 2-3 people they crashed on. For those debris to cut through 80 people they'd have to be very sharp and fly through in a straight line. They dont.
You still don't buy this "80 dead" Story?!? You've made a callous and idiotic conclusion from reviewing a few minutes of video? The FACTS of this accident are well established and have been thoroughly anylized by several historians. Crack a book... try Death Race: Le Mans 1955 by Mark Kahn, based on interviews with Macklin; and Le Mans '55: The Crash That Changed the Face of Motor Racing by Chris Hilton.
You can have your own (absurd) opinion, but not your own facts.
@rustycuyler What I'm saying is most of those "80 dead" probably died from other things than the debris. Fires, crowd crushes (which have made much more victims in sports than direct car crashes, by the way). But a hood flying straight through 80 heads without loosing speed or fall down, that's just ridiculous. 80 people in line is a LOT, you'd see it in the video. The trajectory of those debris clearly doesn't allow that. Want factual evidence? There isn't a single decapitated body in any pics.
@LordApocalypse7 "There isn't a single decapitated body in any pics." - then, I assume, You've seen nothing about this accident. Simple. You should also listen to what witnesses have to say about decapitations.
Most of the deaths were directly related to the crash. The engine came free and killed many people as well as the fire from the magnesium body. Heavy car parts flying at 150 mph directly into a crowd will do some damage. The facts aren't up for debate here, it's well documented what happened at the race, do a little research.
@sherman3211 Levegh's 300 SLR struck the mound at such speed and angle that it was launched into a somersault, which caused some parts of the car, already damaged and loosened by the collision, to be flung from the vehicle at very great speeds. including the bonnet and the front axle, both of which separated from the frame and flew through the crowd. The bonnet decapitated tightly jammed spectators like a guillotine. the car's heavy engine block also broke free and hurtled into the crowd
@LordApocalypse7 what do you smoke. dont buy it. maybe we should drag all the american bodies back from okinawa before you will believe apples are toffee coated at fun fairs. you mong. british news has never been propoganda of any kind. it is said as it happens. wait till you loose a child sad man.
@LordApocalypse7 Killing at best 2-3 people? Are you serious? The debris didn't fall down quickly. It flew through the air, bounced and bounced over and over again flying through the air. You're trying to analyze this to make yourself look smart when you have no clue. The debris was moving over 150 MPH. Getting hit with a nut or bolt at that speed could kill someone, let alone a whole motor and suspension pieces. I've read the book by Chris Hilton, maybe you should as well.
@LordApocalypse7 You know nothing! Well documented facts fly in the face of your incredibly moronic comments. Use your fingers to do some research instead of playing with your tiny pencil-dick.
I mean 1:54
nymets7516 2 weeks ago
1:57
nymets7516 2 weeks ago
If they stopped the race, the ambulance didnt arrived fast to the injureds.
TacoSt8 2 weeks ago
1:13
rhyswl 2 weeks ago
"Quick, look up to the sky!" "Is it a bird?, is it a plane?" "Arrgghh fuck it's an engine!!! Ahhhhh!!!!".
IpervONyourMUMMY 3 weeks ago
Those idiots should've stopped the race.
4wheelerDJ 1 month ago
@4wheelerDJ The race was continued, officially in order to prevent departing spectators from crowding the roads and slowing down ambulances.
Feanor89 3 weeks ago
@Feanor89 still...the race continued for eight hours before finish...long after all over 200 wounded & 83 dead were removed and taken to hospital they still went on...Mercedes even approached jaguar to quit racing...Jaguar refused...and even celebrated their victory with smiles & champagne,...a disgrace!!!...it took both mercedes and jaguar 30 years to return to Mans.....
fritshits65 2 weeks ago
I'd rather watch this than 99% of what's on television today
lierxagerate 1 month ago
dun get it why did they continue the race =.=
maverickckj 1 month ago
the healey that launched the merc is now on sale for 800.000 pounds
raoulrazer 1 month ago
A crowd got hit by a 500 pound engine travelling at 125mph, that's nasty...
BreakDown1996 1 month ago
モータースポーツ史上最悪の大事故。ドライバー、観客、コースマーシャルを含め８０人以上が死亡。
ドライバーのピエール・レベーは即死だった。メルセデスの暗い過去。
bluemoonshinya 1 month ago
I love how people are so retarded until a bunch of people die, i mean come on seiorusly letting people stand pretty much on the track, or being one of those people who are like "damn this spot is the shit I can almost touch the ca HOLY SHIT" right before their body gets shreaded like cheese.
tsharpmac420 1 month ago 2
fire men fight the blaze while the race goes on..... lol
tsharpmac420 1 month ago
here is the thing. final distination is not even exagerated badly at all. it was only this year that i found out people can easily get torn apart literally by moving objects. its almost as if i was in denial.
ChickenCritters 1 month ago
@ChickenCritters I called bull shit on final destination as well, its fucking crazy that its true
tsharpmac420 1 month ago
Noen andre som kom her fra VG?
AkonRobinho 1 month ago 11
@AkonRobinho ja XD
Danny1337 1 month ago
@AkonRobinho ikke jeg
Atmixx 1 month ago
Wow........um......yeah.
LongRangeBullet 1 month ago
Death trap cars
JERSEYDEVIL9 1 month ago
magnesium,hahahaa,lol,realy stupid...
33mitja 1 month ago
@gentleuterus this race isn't about cars going around in circle.
FireStormBravo 1 month ago
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Wow, even people back then were stupid enough to watch cars go in circles for hours. I thought only rednecks were that moronic.
gentleuterus 1 month ago
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Wow, even people back then were stupid enough to watch cars go in circles for hours. I thought only rednecks were the moronic.
gentleuterus 1 month ago
WOW
Nadzf458 1 month ago
Funny how back then they always added dramatic music to everything.
TheKGB 1 month ago 4
Cars made of magnesium alloy? Even in the 1950s people knew that magnesium is highly flammable and almost impossible to extinguish once on fire.
madhatter0110 1 month ago 3
have been reading about the austin healy that is for sale that clipped the merc that crashed, £1.000000 it is going for. such a sad day that must of been.
dawniebabe65 1 month ago
The fart dont kill, its the smell.
Vidk1ng 1 month ago
these trolls actually kept racing for money after almost 100 ppl were murdered during it... thats whitey looking out for his own for ya.. pathetic
StatusBaddest 1 month ago
@StatusBaddest I don't get why they continued the race, I agree with you there. The show must go on is a bit over the top in this instance, even by 1050's standards... but to say they were murdered and your "whitey" remark, automatically makes you a mindless animal.
WintersWar 1 month ago
the background voice clearly said that most of the drivers were unaware of the tragedy
nblBer 1 month ago
@StatusBaddest
Nope, officially they kept the race going to keep all roads clear for the ambulances. Picture a quarter of a million people going on the road after canceling the race.
Pixalit 1 month ago
The #26 Austin-Healy that was involved in this wreck has recently been rediscovered this week and is soon to be put up for auction.
MiHiVidz 1 month ago
i wonder what it'd be like to see a 500lb object flying towards your oh so fragile face.
bmassakre 2 months ago
@bmassakre ask your mom lol
madhatter0110 1 month ago
@madhatter0110 she said you damn near suffocated her and something about she should've been on top. :D
bmassakre 1 month ago
wow so this is where FD4 got the idea of a race accident
Juanm678 2 months ago
lol
WhatThePhoe 2 months ago
pretty fucked to put an advertisement on this video
qbobizzle 2 months ago
If you pause at a certain point, you see someone who has lost their head in a crash.
These people came for enjoyment. Imagine their horror when an massive pieces of the car fly at them. RIP to all of the deaths, condolences to their families and friends, and RIP to all other fatal accidents that have occoured, and will ever occur.
Nohjjohnthegreat 2 months ago
too horrific ><
nyonyaKYU 3 months ago
Magnesium alloy? Yep that'll do the trick.
clivedxb 3 months ago
The Final Destination 4 :o race car crash scene
fd3 3 months ago
Pause at 1:20 that fucking kid had his head sliced off, thats horrible
UnknownDemoTapes 3 months ago
Now imagine if they had HD and slow motion back then.
CannedBullets 3 months ago
oh my god this is so awesome
potenteunuch99 3 months ago
I've never seen an accident quite like this one.
How in hell did the car disintigrate so badly? Spectators had no chance
KevE63 3 months ago
@KevE63 in that decade, car performance doubled, but safety and rigidity stayed static.
Dprill95 3 months ago
OMG! The bits flying off the car and into the crowd look nasty even without being there.
KevE63 4 months ago
@KevE63 included in those "bits" are the front axle, body panels, radiator, and the engine....a 500 lb. projectile.
thevmanvj 3 months ago in playlist 1955 LeMans
the 50's voice makes it sound like a parody joke
77MBD 4 months ago 24
this guy needs to get his head checked. dramatise the event with emotive words but a 'you saw it here first folks!' tone of voice, sadistic old fuck.
BrEnNo1023 4 months ago
bath tubs filled with gasoline and 4 wheels
LoopInc 4 months ago
Jesus, I knew all about this crash but I'd never seen any footage of it before...
HuDaFuK 4 months ago
"The Mercedces-benz was made of a magnesium alloy the blazes like a furnace" Where are these commentators nowadays?
dic3ful 4 months ago
See them put water on the magnesium fire at 1:50 and whooosh!
northroad1 4 months ago
@northroad1 chemistry major? :)
dic3ful 4 months ago
@dic3ful Geology major. It rocks!
northroad1 4 months ago
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This is what should have happened in final destination 4. -_-
DeathMan19970 4 months ago
Imagine your mum or dad died in front of u so for all of you disrespectful bastards think about that
7ahhhhhhh 4 months ago
safety barriers - check
Thank God, we learn from our mistakes
vhlemos1 4 months ago
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Its actually more than 80 spectators that died.
rutabega234 4 months ago
Its actually more than 80 spectators that died.
rutabega234 4 months ago
Pussies, are they gonna go cry to their mommy's now?
SimpliztixX 5 months ago
They must've been off their heads standing that close to the track.
xILambyIx 5 months ago
How can car crash take the same amount of casualties as a terrorist attack? World is a strange place.
goldbullet50 5 months ago
@goldbullet50 Because the bonnet of the car spun into the crowd and decapitated many spectators, the front axel and engine block also flew into another section of the crowd. Since there was no such thing as safety in 1955, the crowd was packed and fully exposed if anything flew into the spectator areas. Hope that answers your question. If it was a rhetorical question then sorry for wasting your time.
Also read the description.
rossy2by5 5 months ago
@rossy2by5 Well, it was supposed to be rhetorical question, but I don't mind about good replies :)
goldbullet50 4 months ago
Officially, 84 dead, plus 120 injured.
PresidentSuperman193 5 months ago
Damm... it's Really Hard to see... I Don't recomend it...
LeoBruno1000 5 months ago
Ouch
Dendiol 5 months ago
Damn
r0mulyni2 6 months ago
Have some respect!!!...
jaysysum 6 months ago
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who gives a shit..this is stupid
GearsofMaverick 6 months ago
@PURE3DECO no its the le mans 24hours, same as today
Lemmingmurderer 6 months ago
Christ! A magnesium alloy body.... Did they pump the tyres up with hydrogen? and maybe stuff the drivers' seats with gunpowder?
BIackMoonCGI 6 months ago
83 died in total, they continued with the race to allow all the ambulances to get away. If they'd stopped it, all the roads would've been jammed by spectators leaving.
yeehaa1342 6 months ago
There was also an medium-well done body in 1:26.
Scitech101 6 months ago
That was an awesome crash.
I cannot help but lol at the fact that they used a metal that burns so hot that even LOOKING at it is dangerous.
Scitech101 6 months ago
Speed kills.
ralfisloved 6 months ago
spell right you fucking mong
chuckknowkarate 7 months ago
FUCK SAKE - top comments regarding a fucking conspiracy theory! its captured on video.
These fuckheads who dont believe osama is dead and we landed on the moon.
fredfinks 7 months ago
Some have no doubt already said this in the comments but when you re-watch the video understand that spectators were decapitated before your very eyes when the bonnet hit the crowd. Absolutely shocking if you ever look deeper into this crash.
Danfitz2010 7 months ago
Most bad crash
MrJuha82 7 months ago
I wondered why they do not use magnesium in motorsports. I guess thats why.
86kinky86 7 months ago
And they completed the race.
biggergunsnearby 7 months ago
anybody notice they miss spelled crash
dudeson53 7 months ago
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Is this why they added the Ford Chicane?
Motoriceburner 7 months ago
@Motoriceburner :) Thank you for having a sense of humor.
BitchesLoveHardstyle 7 months ago
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MaxPayne19146 7 months ago
@BitchesLoveHardstyle I was not trying to be funny. Just asking a logical question.
Motoriceburner 7 months ago
my goodness never heared about this before i read it today.
so horrible
pcRhox 7 months ago
As much as I hate to have to put this - to the idiot complaining that they didn't see any decapitated bodies there's some poor person missing his head at 1:32. Couldn't believe how close people where allowed to stand to the track!!! I know its a totally different era but surely just a smidge of common sense and imagination will tell you that standing that close to machines travelling at 150 mph is never a good idea?!
JusticeShades 7 months ago
@JusticeShades Hindsight is always 20/20.
BitchesLoveHardstyle 7 months ago
Betwen 80 and 120 dead
udsneno 7 months ago
RIP.
XTheEffeX 7 months ago
83 deaths!
DataC0llect0r 7 months ago
The Mercedes engine was heavy making cornering difficult. Magnesium body made it even deadlier.
56BUICKRiviera 7 months ago
It's horrifying how safety was once an afterthought, far below looking good or being famous. No pit lane walls, no safety barriers or retaining fences, no thought for constraining cars as they neared spectator. Tracks which are "primitive" for safety today (e.g. Watkins' Glen) look state-of-the-art compared to how Le Mans once was.
This one accident produced half as much death as 30 years of the Dakar Rally combined, and Dakar is one of the most dangerous ever except for the Mille Miglia.
zxcv1234vcxz 8 months ago
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Did you SEE that shrapnel straight DECAPITATE hella people? If this isn't the coolest fuckin shit dude... I liked the crash in Final Destination 4 better though, it was in 3D.
BitchesLoveHardstyle 8 months ago
@BitchesLoveHardstyle I was watching Final Destination 4 with my mam when she told me about this .__. I came down after the movie... and this is just like it O:
ScourgeForever 8 months ago
@BitchesLoveHardstyle yes people dying is the "coolest fuckin shit dude"
hamxtor 8 months ago
@BitchesLoveHardstyle Wow, you're really a retarded piece of shit
Schwammerl3k 7 months ago 7
@Schwammerl3k Oh come onnn it was a joke.
BitchesLoveHardstyle 7 months ago
@BitchesLoveHardstyle You really need to learn when to tell a joke, there's nothing funny about this.
trombonekingdom 7 months ago
Nice vintage vid :)
MrSpongebob1337 8 months ago
I can't believe they went on with the race.
Yougimpytube 9 months ago
@Yougimpytube The official reason given for going on with the race was to keep the fans from leaving and being on the road at the same time as the ambulances. They figured it was better to keep everything clear for ambulances to be able to get to and from the track.
buckeye1022 9 months ago
@buckeye1022 That makes a lot sense, I couldn't see why they would go on with the race either. Cheers.
ModerateMartian 7 months ago
@Yougimpytube They had gone on, to able the ambulances to reach the circuit, if they had stopped the race, thousand of people would leave the race, stopping the rescue. sorry for my bad english i'm italian x)
davideforzalazio92 8 months ago 23
@davideforzalazio92 Why would they stop race.80 lives less,more .Who cares .ROFL.
PajaSeljakizvuchaka 5 months ago
That looked like hell to be in that car when it was summer salting in the air, he flew out of the car and went head first into the pavement, then his engine came off and hit people in the crowd, it's nice to see more protection these days in racing though
TheMajorHawke 9 months ago
water makes metal fires worse........
doodkabob 9 months ago
@doodkabob The Merc was made of magnesium :/ someone put a load of magnesium powder into a cloth and set it on fire at school, someone put water on it and WHOOOOFFFF :(
CutByAngels 7 months ago
I am always appalled by the human's sheer stupidity, even at today's motorsports, such as rallying, tons of spectators simply stand reallly close to the street where 400hp monsters passing them by at 200km/h, back in the 80's one crashed wrc car caused 10 death of spectators. Though much less deaths than 1955 LeMans, however these tragedies were repeated on and on....
even animals can sense the underlying danger while humans on the contrary couldn't.
zhengjdc 9 months ago
@zhengjdc I don't think it's that humans can't sense the danger, it's that one the whole we don't care. There's something exciting about cheating death. That is until something tragic happens and you're among the dead.
buckeye1022 9 months ago
Lol the commentator's voice makes it sound way less serious.
ShazG09 9 months ago
All I can say is that a crash like this probably would have happened sometime later, so we should thank all of the dead here for giving us the safety rules that make modern racing safe but still enjoyable
WayfstrthnU 9 months ago
@WayfstrthnU Have you watched formula 1 lately?
John27346 9 months ago
FAKE!! lol... but seriously RIP
danwood891 9 months ago
@oeuvrededieu you are one bastard. dont u have a heart?
patjoethebaker 9 months ago
Fucking crash and disaster... Very sad...
ulysse06320 9 months ago
Worst crash at circuit de la sarthe ever....
jmc6293 9 months ago
@oeuvrededieu take a mirror....
bobduvar 9 months ago
Wow le mans is an amazing race but this just goes to show you what a dangerous sport car racing is. All of the fans who were killed and pierre lavay let you rest in peace:)
mycarvideos21 9 months ago
which track was this on? it looks like either the nurburgring or circuit de la sarthe. but im just a 16 year old kid, what do i know...
drifter233 9 months ago
@drifter233
Its Le Mans...
TraianusImperator 9 months ago
This is what racing is about. Risk versus Thrill. Racing today is too controlled.
danno321s 9 months ago
and the race goes on!!!!????????????
Tnesjed 10 months ago
@Tnesjed Look at the previous page (or two) of comments for an answer
marshad82 9 months ago
@Tnesjed
Actually the race goes on for a good reason. There were a lot a people there, and at the end of the race, when everybody leaves, there is a lot of traffic. They kept the race going so the crowd would stay, and so it was a lot easier and faster to get everybody to the hospital.
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@Tnesjed
Actually the race goes on for a good reason. There were a lot a people there, and at the end of the race, when everybody leaves, there is a lot of traffic. They kept the race going so the crowd would stay, and so it was a lot easier and faster to get everybody to the hospital.
cybervince08 9 months ago
Am I the only one who feels the narrating extremly cold and distasteful? I mean they even added dramatic music like is a movie
yorchito0808 10 months ago
@yorchito0808 Cold? Maybe a bit, but its informative and not overly sensitive (today' reporters would almost cry). It were a different (tougher) times - 10 years after the biggest war in the world. War pilots were the first real drivers, and many after them shared similar attitude. Between '54 and Senna death in '94 24 drivers died at F1 events only, and you would have to add many more spectators and drivers in lower formulas (f.e. one of the best F1 drivers Jim Clark died in Formula 2 race)
marshad82 9 months ago
@marshad82 About the music - look at today's documentaries etc. and you will find music in most of them, and it will be quite dramatic, and will be creating right atmosphere for the topic. Looking on it from 'technical' point - in the opening 11s you can hear the music, then engines and tyres accompanying commentary, until the crash. What would you like to hear from then on? Silence is no option, would you like to hear all the screams and cries? Not to mention how many cuts were made there.
marshad82 9 months ago
unlucky 23, you know the number that that becomes evil as you see it. 2+3=5, 23-5=18, 18/3=6. 6+6+6=18. The Devil = 666^^
Miamicop100 10 months ago
@Miamicop100 thats one of the stupidest number "coincidences" i've ever seen. wanna know a good one? add the numbers together on a roulette wheel and u get 666
showstopper9ren 8 months ago
The biggest killer was the engine (that huge black mass tumbling at high speed away from the primary collision site). The hood, also detached and decapitated several people, but this happened quickly and is barely discernible in the video. Numerous other bits of debris and the mag. fire killed everyone else. Levegh was thrown clear and died of brain trauma.
PS-Please don't feed the trolls.
separatethread 10 months ago
beutifull cars
8master8of8desaster8 10 months ago
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this is so fake...u guys are retarded. this looks stupid
GearsofMaverick 10 months ago
@GearsofMaverick You serious mate? Or troll? Don't know which is worse.
marshad82 10 months ago
@marshad82 im serious this is from some movies in the 50's looks stupid
GearsofMaverick 10 months ago
@GearsofMaverick Alright, then wikipedia it troller, it has been recorded as the worse crash in motorsports history, IT KILLED PEOPLE, DONT BE AN ASSHOLE AND SAY IT DIDNT EVEN HAPPEN
ragnokk796 10 months ago
@GearsofMaverick You sir, fail >:(
Shadowfang3000 10 months ago
@GearsofMaverick
no, u are retarded.
becouse the video, fake or no fake, is really that in 1955, 83 person has die for a incident while the 24h du mans.
SickBoyAdvance 10 months ago
@GearsofMaverick funny how with everything that ever happened,no matter how well recorded, there are some idiots who wont beleive it.
qwertyuiopm250 10 months ago
Very sad. RIP..
sunkadam 10 months ago
How idiot were those damn racers , why didn't they stop the Goddamn race ?!!
VTC1000HP 11 months ago
@VTC1000HP I saw a documentary about the crash, it was told that if they had stopped the race, the huge amount of spectators would seek their ways out of the event and could block the way for ambulances to get to the injuried. The number of death could be increased if the race was stopped.
hh85 11 months ago
@hh85 well that's a good reason xD
VTC1000HP 11 months ago
The best race track! Here are some of my videos on Le mens track:
/watch?v=CZi2FzfBnEA
/watch?v=0poS9wNDIl0
/watch?v=iXEKGaYAuCs
jpzhouutube 11 months ago
@jpzhouutube
idiot... in this video all can see like the race can be tragic.
1955, 83 person die...
and u come here linking your stupid videos vanity, like u have money and burn it.
becouse me too have gt5 and tv, but u are a very porchy pig rich.
SickBoyAdvance 10 months ago
It is incredible to believe how this race was even allowed to take place knowing what we do now. We had a circuit designed in the 1920's with no safety run offs at all, the only tyre barrier was a tree!! Than you had very light cars using very high octane and very flammable avaition fuel with in excess of 300BHP that could do 190mph along the 4 mile straight with brakes that would not be up to a 1.2 Punto these days Just suicidal man!! Even more tragic for Levet and those poor souls and families
steveevh1 11 months ago
people got decapitated and crushed and all that :/
vTheSpectrex 11 months ago
LOL pouring water on the burning magnesium. Isn't that a surefire way to cause more explosions?
timlamiam 1 year ago
@timlamiam You betcha! Never use water on burning magnesium. You will never be pleased with the result.
FLSHBK1 11 months ago
Holy shit.
cwis01 1 year ago
I just saw this video in Science class today. It may have been a different clip, but it's the same content.
HinataChick38 1 year ago
TL;DR SKIP TO 1:14
McSqueaky 1 year ago
@McSqueaky
take that shit back to reddit cuz we dont want no part of it.
aesutton 9 months ago
@aesutton Whatever, you know most people clicked on this video to see an explosion.
McSqueaky 9 months ago
R.I.P!
Muniez89 1 year ago
trying to take off the fire with fire extinguisher will only make it worse since magnesium when burning can eat oxygen as well as carbon dioxide
TheBarbahaba 1 year ago
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I still don't buy this "80 dead" story. Watch the video closely. The hood doesn't look like it's going through 80 heads in the first row of spectators, it's clearly seen hitting the barrier behind that first row of spectators, which causes the dust you see at 1:17. The engine and some other debris fly up and then fall down quickly, killing at best the 2-3 people they crashed on. For those debris to cut through 80 people they'd have to be very sharp and fly through in a straight line. They dont.
LordApocalypse7 1 year ago
@LordApocalypse7
You still don't buy this "80 dead" Story?!? You've made a callous and idiotic conclusion from reviewing a few minutes of video? The FACTS of this accident are well established and have been thoroughly anylized by several historians. Crack a book... try Death Race: Le Mans 1955 by Mark Kahn, based on interviews with Macklin; and Le Mans '55: The Crash That Changed the Face of Motor Racing by Chris Hilton.
You can have your own (absurd) opinion, but not your own facts.
rustycuyler 1 year ago 20
@rustycuyler What I'm saying is most of those "80 dead" probably died from other things than the debris. Fires, crowd crushes (which have made much more victims in sports than direct car crashes, by the way). But a hood flying straight through 80 heads without loosing speed or fall down, that's just ridiculous. 80 people in line is a LOT, you'd see it in the video. The trajectory of those debris clearly doesn't allow that. Want factual evidence? There isn't a single decapitated body in any pics.
LordApocalypse7 1 year ago
@LordApocalypse7 "There isn't a single decapitated body in any pics." - then, I assume, You've seen nothing about this accident. Simple. You should also listen to what witnesses have to say about decapitations.
thylegion 1 year ago
@LordApocalypse7
Most of the deaths were directly related to the crash. The engine came free and killed many people as well as the fire from the magnesium body. Heavy car parts flying at 150 mph directly into a crowd will do some damage. The facts aren't up for debate here, it's well documented what happened at the race, do a little research.
sherman3211 1 year ago 32
@sherman3211 Levegh's 300 SLR struck the mound at such speed and angle that it was launched into a somersault, which caused some parts of the car, already damaged and loosened by the collision, to be flung from the vehicle at very great speeds. including the bonnet and the front axle, both of which separated from the frame and flew through the crowd. The bonnet decapitated tightly jammed spectators like a guillotine. the car's heavy engine block also broke free and hurtled into the crowd
pacovl46 7 months ago
@LordApocalypse7 what do you smoke. dont buy it. maybe we should drag all the american bodies back from okinawa before you will believe apples are toffee coated at fun fairs. you mong. british news has never been propoganda of any kind. it is said as it happens. wait till you loose a child sad man.
999widgey 1 year ago
@999widgey How is this supposed to convince me?
LordApocalypse7 1 year ago
@999widgey
British news is no propaganda of any kind? Get your head out of your ass kid, all news is propaganda.
sherman3211 1 year ago
@LordApocalypse7 Killing at best 2-3 people? Are you serious? The debris didn't fall down quickly. It flew through the air, bounced and bounced over and over again flying through the air. You're trying to analyze this to make yourself look smart when you have no clue. The debris was moving over 150 MPH. Getting hit with a nut or bolt at that speed could kill someone, let alone a whole motor and suspension pieces. I've read the book by Chris Hilton, maybe you should as well.
ShortTrackNews 1 year ago
@LordApocalypse7 You know nothing! Well documented facts fly in the face of your incredibly moronic comments. Use your fingers to do some research instead of playing with your tiny pencil-dick.
delmer221 1 year ago