F1 safety to improve next season

Actually it was the Mille Milglia in 1954:

"Herrmann had a remarkable Mille Miglia race in 1954, when the gates of a railroad crossing were lowered in the last moment before the fast train to Rome passed. Driving a very low Porsche 550 Spyder, Herrmann decided it was too late for a brake attempt anyway, knocked on the back of the helmet of his navigator Herbert Linge to make him duck, and they barely passed below the gates and before the train, to the surprise of the spectators."

Doesn't he mean the 1959 Avus race?

gav Wrote:
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> Doesn't he mean the 1959 Avus race?


Yes. I viewed a photo of Hermmann after an accident. He was in the track. I didn´t remember when it happened.

But he doesen´t died in that accident, I think. Doesen´t he won the 1970 Le Mans 24 hours with a Porsche 917?

I didn´t remember when it happened.

He crashed and was thrown from the car. IIRC it was a brake failure or suspension failure or something.

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