Le Mans 24 started today
 

It's big in most of Europe, but do the rest of the World follow?
For those who don't know it: http://www.lemans.org/en/

Fuck - one dead 10 mins after the start.

Allan Simonsen from Aston Martin (http://www.allansimonsen.com/)

Danish driver crashed and killed after just 10 minutes race. RIP Allan Simonsen.

:Oh crap

http://youtu.be/cCiMk8MYGeo?t=9m3s

Onboard from a following car https://youtube.com/watch?v=T_ITXBv01io

Not many Le Mans fans then. I've been to the track, the museum there is excellent.

Shame about the driver who died, haven't heard of a death there for a long time!

Doesn't really get any coverage here...

sad - i have no idea how such a relatively harmless looking crash can be fatal

Alan McNish got out of this crash almost without any scratch and that looks 1000 times worse

Tom Kristensen. 9 x Le Mans winner
Congrats Tom and RIP Allan Simonsen

Where he hit the barriers there is a tree directly behind it leaving no room for the barrier top flex - basically the car bounced off the tree :(

Incredible he was able to focus and win. Congrats Tom!

All over the news here :/