Le Mans Preview Lap in 1956

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06/19/2016 at 14:12 • Filed to: None

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Winner of 1955 Le Mans, Mike Hawthorn, driving a Jaguar. He has to cool it because of local pedestrians and traffic.


DISCUSSION (10)


Kinja'd!!! Wheelerguy > $kaycog
06/19/2016 at 14:16

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He had to cool it down because last year...


Kinja'd!!! Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa > $kaycog
06/19/2016 at 14:29

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Man Jag should return to serious racing. As should Bentley.


Kinja'd!!! $kaycog > Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa
06/19/2016 at 14:40

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That would be great.


Kinja'd!!! BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > $kaycog
06/19/2016 at 14:45

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Amazing, how much a track can change in 60 years, while still having almost the same layout.


Kinja'd!!! $kaycog > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
06/19/2016 at 14:47

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It really is.


Kinja'd!!! MultiplaOrgasms > $kaycog
06/19/2016 at 14:54

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That not-a-Ford-GT tho


Kinja'd!!! $kaycog > MultiplaOrgasms
06/19/2016 at 14:56

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You be right.


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > $kaycog
06/19/2016 at 16:44

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The late Mr Hawthorn and I have at least one thing in common: we’ve both driven along the Mulsanne Straight, or the road to Mulsanne as it usually is. I was at the 24 hours some years ago and a couple of days before the race I was heading towards Mulsanne on a seemingly innocuous road when I suddenly realised where I was.


Kinja'd!!! $kaycog > Cé hé sin
06/19/2016 at 17:07

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That’s really neat!


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > $kaycog
06/22/2016 at 17:24

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Shouldn’t have been a winner in ‘55, though. Jaguar got a lot of heat in the press for not retiring after the accident.