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Why did the accident Infamous Portago the Mille Miglia road race in 1957 almost over for Ferrari, it was about 40 miles from Brescia, the starting point of the race, when a tire blew on his 335S The car went into a ditch and was then launched into the crowd along the road, kill him, his co-driver Edmund Nelson and ten spectators, five were children's body Portago was found cut in two near the overturned car.
Why It's Infamous Racing the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari, Lorenzo Bandini was in second place when he entered the chicane port His back wheel hit the guardrail, sending him sliding into a lamppost near the track his car, then overturned Sparks ignited the fuel tank contents were broken, and Bandini was trapped under When track marshals arrived to save him and his car to the right, it is believed they accidentally allowed a leaking fuel to contact the hot exhaust headers the car exploded.
Why It's Infamous Henri Toivonen's accident in 1986 preceded by Joaquim Santos s in Portugal, which injured 31 people and killed three spectators spelled the end of the Group B rallying his Lancia Delta S4 pulled to the side of a cliff and burst into flame on impact, after the fuel tanks ruptured and sprayed fuel on the hot turbocharger and kevlar bodywork race officials did not know what happened to Toivonen and his co-driver, Sergio Cresto, until the two men never get to the finish half an hour later when rescue crews finally arrived on the scene, all that remained was the blackened husk of the car and charred remains of its occupants.
Why It's Infamous Like many drivers in this list, Greg Moore was very young when he died only 24 years racing in the last race of the CART championship in 1999, Greg had hurt his wrist the day before in the paddock, he was allowed to lead by the medical team and took the green flag after a restart on lap nine, Moore lost control of his car and hit an access road, sending it into the air and into a wall before -Champ to speed, he died on impact.
Why It's Infamous After horrific 1976 Nurburgring Nordschleife s, Formula 1 never returned to the track Niki Lauda thinks the suspension of his Ferrari to have failed, sending it into an embankment and into Brett Lunger Surtees-Ford Lauda's Ferrari caught Lunger fire, aided by three other drivers who had arrived on the scene later pulled the car Lauda suffered such severe burns and inhaled enough toxic fumes while in the hospital and coma, a priest administered his last rites Miraculously, six weeks and two races later, Niki Lauda was back in the cockpit of a Ferrari, the race for the championship.
Why It's Infamous During qualifying the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix, Gilles Villeneuve tried to pass Jochen Mass, who had moved right to leave by Villeneuve moved to the right at the same time, sending his car and the Mass, was launched almost 100 meters, and the car came down nose first, disintegrating on impact Gilles was thrown from the car, still strapped into his seat, and was immediately rescued by a pair of conductors and a doctor happened about 30 seconds after the accident, he was airlifted to a local hospital, but it was already too late.
Why he died Infamous Dale Earnhardt changed the face of the stock car race ever Battling Sterling Marlin with three laps to go in the 2001 Daytona 500, rear fender Earnhardt made contact with the front of Marlin, loosen rear end and causing Earnhardt to lose control of his car, he slipped out of the bank on the flat inside apron of the runway, then turned sharp right, climb the track and slamming the outer wall Earnhardt also collected the car Ken Schrader, who hit the wall beside him crash didn t seem serious at first, but the impact caused Earnhardt head to snap forward, he wasn t wearing a headrest or neck and hit the steering wheel, killing him.
Why It's Infamous This is the great accident Pierre Levegh 1955 driving a Mercedes-Benz in Le Mans rocked the racing world and changed forever the way cars and drivers competing for a after the accident, it was believed that racing would be outlawed in the world only two hours in a twenty-four hour race, Levegh tried to pass an Austin-Healey in his Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR significantly Confusion faster regarding the position of the track made him hit the back of Healey, catapulting his Mercedes in the air, he flew into a soil embankment to protect spectators, which caused the car to break , sending flaming debris into the crowd Over 100 spectators were injured, and 82, and Levegh died Mercedes did not officially field a competitive team for the next 30 years.
Why It's Infamous The last event Formula 1 Black Weekend, Senna's death followed the death of fellow driver Roland Ratzenberger in qualifying the day before and a terrible accident Rubens Barrichello after a safety car period, Senna was leading the race when his car went straight off the track at Tamburello the cause has long been attributed to a broken steering shaft, but it is still actively debated hitting the high speed wall is thought that the front wheel his car swung and hit his helmet, killing him.
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