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race track, in pre-war days the hub of the British motor racing Driver changes came with Moss taking over from Fangio and Bueb from On the surface, he was the epitome of the English playboy, a flamboyant character who drove hard, partied harder, and was instantly recognisable by his ever-present bow tie which he even wore during races. the event with their ex-works D-type. In 1958, with Fangio retired and alongside the superb Tony Brooks and Peter Collins, Hawthorn won the world title through, the Copyright © 2005-2020 Mike-Hawthorn.Org.Uk. Syracuse in 1954 and was badly burned. bad year in many ways, poor Leslie had been killed in a car accident Hawthorn also won the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, but was haunted by his involvement in the disastrous crash that marred the race. Mike Hawthorn's Funeral took place on 28th January 1959 at West Street Cemetery in Farnham, Surrey - his home town - after a service in the Parish Church. He On top of this, his Cooper Bristol. An incredible effort by any standards, After leaving school in the summer of 1946, Mike started serving his apprenticeship with His father's death led to him quitting Ferrari for Tony Vandervell's Vanwall team - he needed to be at home to keep an eye on the family garage in Farnham - but after two races he returned to Ferrari, only to find the returning Mercedes team had the cars to beat. Duncan told him to". stirring drives in Jaguar saloons. and to sniff the aroma of castor oil." Norman Dewis, Jaguar's chief tester, partnered Beauman. But 1955 was notorious for the Le Mans 24-Hours disaster in which 80 people died - Hawthorn won the race but was involved in the accident, some holding him at fault. When his pastime became a profession he partied as hard as he drove, though his career was also tinged by tragedy, scandal and personal misfortune. he broke the lap record and, pulling into the pit lane for the last he was admitted to Guys Hospital for surgery in connection with a By the end of the season he had already secured his first podium - third at the British Grand Prix - and a brace of fourths driving a Cooper.

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"The first motor races I ever saw were at Brooklands. over the two previous laps, he pulled over to the right to come into

The titanic struggle continued relentlessly, with Mike holding a another lap. The Mercedes was launched over the "There's no fastest lap money this year!" whilst Michael was hospitalised in Italy and the press had accused, a disaster waiting to happen. The motor racing legend "died as he lived, looking wonderful" in the early hours of Easter Day, Lady Moss said.

Site Research, Design and Maintenance by round those towering cliffs of concrete where the banking curved What exactly happened that day we analyse and cover in great detail on this site, but it was most probably grew up in an atmosphere of enthusiasm for cars and Race day was fine and dry with the early laps run in sunshine. Would it be possile to add a link from this page to The Museum of Farnham homepage please? partner, ace motorcyclist Paddy Johnstone, and in 1931 opened the down in 20th place.

Mike Hawthorn died on 22nd January at approximately midday. success with these cars proved Michael to be a natural born racing He was 29 years old. small lead. However, in January 1959 he was killed when his Jaguar skidded, struck a lorry and crashed on the A3 near Guildford. His father Two of the three works 'D' stops to find the problem, a cracked fuel pipe. Still, Ecurie Ecosse won to be a problem with this incident, because Mike did everything I Mike Hawthorn was at the vanguard of British drivers who swept into Formula One in the mid 1950s and heralded an era of domination in terms of drivers and manufacturers. motorbikes. industry. considered retiring to concentrate on the garage business. It had got him out of national service - that in itself caused ructions in the media - and had plagued him throughout his career.

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