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      05-03-2020, 02:41 PM   #13
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Oh no!

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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone View Post
I keep reading up on the 1961 Italian GP where American Phil Hill won in a Ferrari shark nose.
Out of the five Ferrari's entered Hill's won and the other four fell out with of course von Trips' horrendous accident tripping up against Clark and launching the car into the crowd killing himself and 16 spectators.
Motorsport can be so intoxicating when driver and machine are one with each other and on the limit....and motorsport can be so very horrible....

There are very few sporting events where it can go so terribly wrong for the driver....and others.
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