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  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Jaguar D-Type chassis XKD 505, number 6, of Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb, leading the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR chassis 0007/55, number 19, of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Track action scene, Car Number 20, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, Juan Manuel Fangio, driver (helmet, seated), practice session, car assigned to Pierre Levegh and John Fitch for race.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR chassis 0007/55, number 19, of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, chasing the Jaguar D-Type chassis XKD 505, number 6, of Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Car number 6, winning Mike Hawthorn/Ivor Bueb Jaguar D-Type 'XKD 505' leading car number 19, Juan-Manuel Fangio Mercedes-Benz 300SLR in Les Esses

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Pierre Levegh drives car number 20, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, at Mulsanne Corner.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR fuel-injected straight-8 desmodromic-valved slant-mounted engine

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, number 21, of Karl Kling and Andre Simon, leads the Aston Martin DB3S, number 23, of Peter Collins and Paul Frere.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Mercedes-Benz Engineer Rudolph Uhlenhaut in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Car number 19 (air brake deployed) is the works Mercedes-Benz 300SLR chassis 0007/55 driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss. Car number 3 is the works Ferrari 121LM chassis 0558LM driven by Umberto Maglioli and Phil Hill.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    #60 Stanguellini 750 Bialbero, #21 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, Karl Kling, André Simon, withdrawn. Note policeman.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR chassis 0007/55, number 19, of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, with air brake still deployed entering the Mulsanne Straight.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Air brake in action approaching Les Esses. Car number 19 is the works Mercedes-Benz 300SLR chassis 0007/55 driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    After a collision with the Austin-Healey of Lance Macklin, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR number 20 of Pierre Levegh crashes and explodes, killing its driver and 83 spectators. View of the smoking car on the track from the grandstands.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The lead car in this photo is the Bristol 450C, car number 34, driven by Peter Wilson and Jim Mayers. The car at the right is a Mercedes Benz 300SLR, car number 21, driven by the team of Karl Kling and Andre Simon. The car in the background is a Cooper T39, car number 47, driven by John Brown, Edgar Wadsworth and John Cooper.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR showing the driver control on right-side of steering column to inject oil into any of the brake drums to release a locking brake.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLRs surrounded by onlookers before the start of the race.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Car number 2 "Levegh" (Pierre Bouillin) and John Fitch works Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR overhead detail of air brake flap in closed position and extended fuel filler neck in tail.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The aftermath of an accident between the Austin-Healey 100 S, number 26, of Lance Macklin and Les Leston, and the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, number 20, of Pierre Levegh and John Fitch.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Car number 21, Karl Kling and André Simon's Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, drives ahead of car number 34, Jim Mayers and Peter S. Wilson's Bristol 450C in Les Esses.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Karl Kling and André Simon works Mercedes-Benz 300S LR, probably in night practice with Simon driving.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR chassis 0004/55, number 21, of Karl Kling and Andre Simon.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    #19 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, #6 Jaguar D-Type, note crowds

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR chassis 0007/55, number 19, of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, surrounded by onlookers before the start of the race.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    During night practice, number 20 works Mercedes-Benz 300SLR being driven out of pits by Karl Kling. Number 20 was assigned to Levegh and John Fitch for the race and was destroyed in the fatal accident to Levegh, which also claimed over 80 spectators' lives.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, number 19, of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, driven by Pierre Levegh here in practice. The Lagonda DP166, number 1, of Reg Parnell and Dennis Poore, follows.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Car number 6 is the works Jaguar D-Type XKD505 driven by race winners Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb. Car number 24 is the works Aston Martin DB3S chassis 7 driven by Roy Salvadori and Peter Walker. Car number 20 is the works Mercedes-Benz 300SLR chassis 0006/55 driven by Levegh and John Fitch. (Levegh was the pseudonym of Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin.)

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Car number 6, overall race winner Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb works Jaguar D-Type chassis XKD 505 leading car number 19, Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss works Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR in Les Esses during their duel through the opening two hours.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Number 21 - Karl Kling/André Simon's works Mercedes-Benz 300SLR chassis '0004/55', withdrawn after the catastrophic accident involving team-mate 'Levegh's sister car'.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR chassis 0004/55, number 21, of Karl Kling and Andre Simon, with air brake deployed.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Pit scene, Car Number 20, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, Juan Manuel Fangio, driver (helmet, seated), practice session, car assigned to Pierre Levegh and John Fitch for race.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The works Mercedes-Benz 300SLR chassis '0007/55', number 19, of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Aftermath of Pierre Levegh's crash. After colliding with the Austin-Healey 100S number 26 of Lance Macklin, Levegh's Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR crashed on the earth bank, killing Levegh and 83 spectators.

  • 24 Hours of Le Mans

    24 Hours of Le Mans

    Car number 20 (with air brake open) is the works Mercedes-Benz 300SLR chassis 0006/55 driven by Levegh and John Fitch, entering the braking area for Les Esses.

  • Belgium Grand Prix

    Belgium Grand Prix

    British writer Denis Jenkinson of 'Motor Sport' magazine, legendary 1949 World Champion sidecar racing passenger and 1955 navigator to Stirling Moss in Mille Miglia-winning Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.

  • British Grand Prix

    British Grand Prix

    Stirling Moss driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with passenger Denis Jenkinson as part of a pre-race demonstration.

  • British Grand Prix

    British Grand Prix

    Stirling Moss driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with passenger Denis Jenkinson as part of a pre-race demonstration.

  • British Grand Prix

    British Grand Prix

    Stirling Moss driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with passenger Denis Jenkinson as part of a pre-race demonstration.

  • British Grand Prix

    British Grand Prix

    Stirling Moss driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with passenger Denis Jenkinson as part of a pre-race demonstration.

  • British Grand Prix

    British Grand Prix

    Stirling Moss driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR as part of a pre-race demonstration.

  • Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Pre-race preparation, Car Number 19, Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR detail showing the driver control to inject oil into any of the four brake drums to release a locking brake.

  • Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Car number 20, Pierre Levegh and John Fitch's Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, chassis 0006/55, before Le Mans.

  • Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, competition number 19, Moss and Fangio, with its airbrake raised.

  • Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Daimler-Benz Rennabteilung High-Speed Transporter with works 300 SLR, #20, on board at scrutineering.

  • Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Mercedes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Being unloaded from the transporter is car number 19, Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss's Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.

  • Mercedes Benz 300 SLR

    Mercedes Benz 300 SLR

    Engine of a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.

  • Mercedes Benz 300 SLR

    Mercedes Benz 300 SLR

    Copy of an image of Juan Manuel Fangio in car number 658, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.

  • Mercedes Benz 300 SLR

    Mercedes Benz 300 SLR

    Engine of a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.

  • Mercedes Engine, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Mercedes Engine, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955

    Detail of Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR engine bay showing engine and inboard brakes as seen from high right.

  • Mercedes-Benz

    Mercedes-Benz

    Group of Mercedes-Benz cars, including a Mercedes-Benz W125, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, and a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL.

  • Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR

    Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR

    Hans Herrmann and Hermann Eger test their Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR prior to the Mille Miglia.