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Old 12 May 2010, 12:29 (Ref:2689160)   #8
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all race fans should know the history of the sport, particularly, the incidents that helped shaped safety innovations. i don't know about this film, but i dislike the glorification of tragedy we see in modern media. i hope it was completed with class and dignity in respect for those families of the ones lost.

maybe a bit off topic, but wasn't this one incident "nail" for motor racing in Switzerland??
Indeed it was. I think I'm right in saying that there has been no circuit racing on Swiss soil since 1955 - even to the extent of The Swiss Grand Prix being held outside Switzerland. Many other countries, I believe, brought in restrictions following LM55 and it led to massive revisions to the pit straight at Le Mans.
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