They eventually returned to Le Mans, saw their cars develop aerodynamic instabilities and flip off the track, and they retired the program again.
onlyonequickquestion
It boggles my mind that they finished the race after this. From the Wikipedia article, it seems like they didn’t even take a break after the accident, just kept going.
alfredlloyd
There’s some pretty morbid footage of this on YouTube where it slowed down you can see a large shard from a vehicle decapitating bystanders.
![A race spectator lies dead on the track after a car collides with the grandstands, leaving 84 dead, Le Mans France, June 11th 1955 [1920x1437]](https://i.redd.it/8016wrotqyw41.jpg)
mehercle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster
jayman419
They eventually returned to Le Mans, saw their cars develop aerodynamic instabilities and flip off the track, and they retired the program again.
onlyonequickquestion
It boggles my mind that they finished the race after this. From the Wikipedia article, it seems like they didn’t even take a break after the accident, just kept going.
alfredlloyd
There’s some pretty morbid footage of this on YouTube where it slowed down you can see a large shard from a vehicle decapitating bystanders.
Edit: here it is. Viewer Discretion is Advised
TempMcThrowaway
Here is an animated short I found very well done from the perspective of the team and drivers.
https://youtu.be/dL39FcPkm4A