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French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Drama at Thillois Corner - No 2 Jose Froilan Gonzalez's works Ferrari 553 'Squalo', spins to a halt with its engine broken and burning - No 22 Hans Herrmann's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, rtd later from the race
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
No 20 Karl Kling's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, finished 2nd overall - here leading narrowly past the pits challenged 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
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
No 4 Maurice Trintignant works Ferrari 625, rtd - No 12 Onofre Marimon works Maserati 250F, rtd
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Number 6 - Mike Hawthorn's works Ferrari 553 'Squalo' seen pre-race lined-up before the pits.
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
No 2 Jose Froilan Gonzalez's works Ferrari 553 'Squalo', rtd - No 22 Hans Herrmann's works Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen, rtd
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Number 46 - Prince 'Bira' Maserati 250F, which finished fourth overall. Number4 - Maurice Trintignant works Ferrari 625, which retired. Number 24 - Jean Behra's works Gordini T16, which finished sixth overall. All are seen here reaching the braking point at the end of the Soissons Straight.
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Ferrari's Argentine team driver Jose Froilan 'Pepe' Gonzalez - 'The Pampas Bull' - grinning up at photographer George Phillips on pit gallery roof
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
No 46 Prince 'Bira' Maserati 250F, finished 4th overall - No 4 Maurice Trintignant works Ferrari 625, rtd - No 24 Jean Behra's works Gordini T16, finished 6th overall - seen here rounding Thillois Corner
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
Number 34 - Robert Manzon's works Ferrari 625, which finished third overall. Number 44 - Roy Salvadori Maserati 250F, which retired.
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), zillionaire team principal Briggs Cunningham (part hidden beyond Maglioli), Ferrari Chief Engineer Ing. Aurelio Lampredi (tall, balding) and (centre, light jacket and tie) Vanwall team principal and manufacturer of 'ThinWall' bearings as used by Ferrari, Mr G.A. 'Tony' Vandervell
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
No 4 - Maurice Trintignant works Ferrari 625, rtd - looks like fellow French Ferrari team driver Robert Manzon crouching beyond the car
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
The disappointed Ferrari driver Jose Froilan Gonzalez walking back to the pits from Thillois Corner after his car's engine has burst and caught fire
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
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
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
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).
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour race - No 12 Masten Gregory/Clemente Biondetti's Ferrari 375MM chassis '0370AM', finished 4th overall
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
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.
French Grand Prix & 12 Hour Rheims
12-Hour race - No 12 Masten Gregory/Clemente Biondetti's Ferrari 375MM chassis '0370AM', finished 4th overall