Photos: The Dean Lester Collection - Part 1

[khyndart in CA]

Sadly Graham Hill had this incident during the 1969 US grand Prix at Watkins Glen. As described in "grandprix.com".
" Hill was running in sixth place in the mid-race in his Lotus Cosworth 49 B.
He had a spin and had to push-start his car.
As a result he was unable to do up with seat belts and on lap 91 he spun again.
This time the car overturned and Hill was thrown out, breaking both his legs."

Although some say if he had stayed strapped in the car his injuries could have been much worse, perhaps fatal.

I came across this sadly prophetic letter that Jochen Rindt wrote to Colin Chapman regarding how he felt about driving the Lotus 49 B during the 1969 Formula 1 season after his monstrous crash in Barcelona during the Spanish Grand Prix. Note that he mentions Levin.


(Ken H.)