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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
The disappointed Ferrari driver Jose Froilan Gonzalez at Thillois Corner after his car's engine has burst and caught fire - passing by is No 18 race winner Juan Manuel Fangio's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
The great four-time Mille Miglia-winning veteran Italian driver Clemente Biondetti who co-drove the 4th placed Ferrari in the 12-Hour sports car race with Masten Gregory - having a smoke in the paddock. He succumbed to cancer the following year
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Group including on left Jaguar driver Duncan Hamilton and 2nd left his regular Jaguar works co-driver Major Tony Rolt
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Crowds pack the circuit area between the main grandstands and the pit block post-finish.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour sports car race - No 3 race winners Peter Whitehead/Ken Wharton's works Jaguar D-type chassis ‘XKC404’ - seen at Thillois Corner
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour sports car race - No 2 Major Tony Rolt/Duncan Hamilton's works Jaguar D-type chassis 'XKC402', finished 2nd overall - seen here at Thillois Corner
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour sports car race - No 3 race winners Peter Whitehead/Ken Wharton's works Jaguar D-type chassis 'XKC404' - seen here at Thillois Corner
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour race - No 22 Tommy Wisdom/Jack Fairman works Bristol 450, finished 12th overall
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Night pit-stop scene - No 14 'Pierre Levegh'/Lino Fayen Talbot T26GS, rtd
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Crowds pack the circuit area between the main grandstands and the pit block post-finish.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Number 6 - Mike Hawthorn's works Ferrari 553 'Squalo', which retired. Number 12 - Onofre Marimon's works Maserati 250F, which retired.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
No 18 race winner Juan Manuel Fangio's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen - No 20 Karl Kling's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, finished 2nd overall - beautiful panoramic view as they round Thillois Corner, running 1-2 late in the Grand Prix
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour sports car race - daylight pit-stop scene - personnel crowd around No 2 - Major Tony Rolt/Duncan Hamilton's works Jaguar D-type chassis 'XKC402', finished 2nd overall despite tail damage
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
View from the pit gallery roof showing the Grand Prix pack streaming away from the start towards the first corner at Gueux Curve.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Veteran Italian driver Luigi 'Gigi' Villoresi (left) with Italian racing journalist, former driver and entrepreneur Count Giovanni 'Johnny' Lurani Cernuschi (right)
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Number 20 - Karl Kling's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, which finished 2nd overall, and number 18 - race winner Juan Manuel Fangio's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, leading the race 1-2 at Thillois Corner.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
No 20 Karl Kling's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, finished 2nd overall - here leading back past the pits followed by No 18 race winner Juan Manuel Fangio's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen and No 2 Jose Froilan Gonzalez's works Ferrari 553 'Squalo', rtd
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Panoramic view from the outside of Thillois Corner. Number 22 - Hans Herrmann's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen lies abandoned (extreme left). Number 4 - Maurice Trintignant works Ferrari 625, which retired with engine failure (center). Number 24 - Jean Behra's works Gordini T16, which finished sixth (right).
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour sports car race - The midnight 'Le Mans-type' start in progress, cars racing away from their echelon line-up in front of the Reims-Gueux pits
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Brand-new works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen under preparation showing the shaped protective metal sheathing resting on foam padding which allowed mechanics to lean on the body panelling without damaging it while working on the car - ingenious fine detail in this VERY RARE photograph
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour race - No 12 Masten Gregory/Clemente Biondetti's Ferrari 375MM chassis '0370AM', finished 4th overall
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Number 20 - Karl Kling's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, which finished 2nd overall, seen here leaving Thillois Corner.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Crowds pack the circuit area between the main grandstands and the pit block post-finish.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Brand-new works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen cars under preparation pre-race - showing all four cars at Reims (itself a rare shot) plus the shaped protective metal sheathing resting on foam padding which allowed mechanics to lean on the body panelling without damaging it while working on the car - ANOTHER VERY RARE photograph
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Detail view of the inboard rear drum brakes on the new Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen. This is car number 18, the winning car of Juan Manuel Fangio.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour sports car race - No 3 race winners Peter Whitehead/Ken Wharton's works Jaguar D-type chassis ‘XKC404’
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Left to right - Editor of 'Autosport' magazine Gregor Grant, driver Carroll Shelby, driver Masten Gregory, driver John Fitch and TBI
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Two of the brand-new works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen cars under preparation pre-race
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Number 18 - race winner Juan Manuel Fangio's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, and number 20 - Karl Kling's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen which finished second overall, seen together in Thillois Corner.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Mercedes-Benz works team mechanics with drums containing the fuel mix for their W196 cars, and long-probe pump to fuel them.
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Ferrari Squalo final-drive ratio change in progress (mechanics crouching at car's tail) watched by driver Umberto Maglioli (left, sunglasses), Cunningham team Technical Director Alfred Momo (glasses, cap, hands in pockets), zillionaire team principal Briggs Cunningham (centre), Ferrari Chief Engineer Ing. Aurelio Lampredi (smoking) and (right) Vanwall team principal and manufacturer of 'ThinWall' bearings as used by Ferrari, Mr G.A. 'Tony' Vandervell
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Drivers poised in their circles for the midnight 'Le Mans-type' run-and-jump start of the 12-Hour race
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour sports car race - No 3 race winners Peter Whitehead/Ken Wharton's works Jaguar D-type chassis 'XKC404'
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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Crowds pack the circuit area between the main grandstands and the pit block post-finish.