Formula One driver Jo Bonnier fatal crash (rare)

Vic Elford talks us through his account of what happened in Jo Bonnier's fatal accident at Le Mans in 1972.

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• Bonnier
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• 1972
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[geeflyboy]

Vic Elford was a hero, to get out of his car and try and get the driver out (even though the driver was vacated).

[24jeffgordan88JRfan]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!!!!! wow somebady who can just anser a question....

[donrencos]

it's from the Michael Keyser movie "The Speed Merchants". One of the best movies ever

[ma55aracin9]

@NASCARWWEclubpenguin nope, it was Elford -the narrator-

[racered94]

what is this from? a movie or a video or something?

[rockypc24]

wow this is super rare

[thevmanvj]

@PhilipTheBigOne Afterthought....

1972 was the first year that they used the newly added "Porsche Curves" and bypassing "Maison Blanche" (White House). If you think about it, the only part of the circuit that remains unchanged is the run between Mulsanne Corner (which has been re-profiled) through Indianapolis, Arnage, and fast rolling curves leading up the Porsche Curves turnoff, which leads the course away from "Maison Blanche"

[thevmanvj]

@PhilipTheBigOne No worries. But here's some nice clips with narrated laps around Le Mans posted here. I recommend the "1969 Le Mans Onboard for the ""Maison Blanche" (White House) era, and the 2010 Astor Martin Onboard clip for the Modern era which includes the Porsche Curves, the adding of 2 chicanes on Mulsanne Straight and the turns added between the Pit Straight, the old Dunlop Curve and the Original "Esses". My favorite is the one from 1969 narrated by Sterling Moss.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@thevmanvj: I feel like you're right, but I'm TERRIBLE with corner names!!! Thanks however...

[thevmanvj]

@PhilipTheBigOne The footage shot facing back from the car begins going over the crest on Mulsanne Straight. Just over the crest is where they gear down and brake (about 500 yds out) for Mulsanne Corner. It was actually about a 55 degree corner. Next is the high-speed run-up thru the two right hand doglegs then, Indianapolis...which is actually 2 turns...an easy right hander, gearing down, then braking hard for the sharp main left corner. Crash occured going through the 2nd high-speed dogleg.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@thevmanvj: I don't know if we are saying the same thing, but the crash happened on the straightaway after the hairpin that followed that HUGE straightaway with the 2 S'es.

I may be wrong though...

[mouloudo]

@92manu42 his car collided with the ferrari yo usee burning and went spinning in the woods