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Life and death in the fast lane

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December 21, 2020

Derek Bell and Jochen Mass have won some of the fastest races ever driven. In the 1970s and 80s they reached 400 km/h at Le Mans, at a time when motor racing was at its most dangerous, The cars were fast but unstable, and racing cost the lives of one in ten drivers.

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