Richard Attwood, (15) Lotus 25 BRM. Monaco Grand Prix 1965. On lap 44 as Attwood braked for the Gasometer hairpin his left rear suspension broke and the wheel and brake came off so that his foot went down and hit the accelerator. The car shot forward and went straight up onto the straw bales, the driver being unhurt.

Richard Attwood’s Lotus 25 BRM lies overturned against a barrier of hay bales after a dramatic crash at the Gasometer hairpin during the 1965 Monaco Grand Prix. On lap 44, a broken rear suspension caused the car to accelerate into the barrier. A marshal approaches the wreckage as a large crowd of spectators watches from a nearby hillside, with advertising banners for “BONNET” and “CINZANO” visible in the background. Attwood emerged from the incident unhurt.

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