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Marie Lambert

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Marie Lambert
NationalitySwiss
Born1935
Châtonnaye, Switzerland
Died12 June 1961(1961-06-12) (aged 25–26)
Isle of Man
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested1 (1961)[1]

Marie-Laure Rosene Lambert (1935, Geneva, Switzerland – 12 June 1961) was a Swiss motorcycle racer.[2]

Marie-Laure took up motorcycle racing in 1960, as a sidecar passenger, initially to replace her husband Claude's partner, who was late for a race.[3]

Lambert competed as a female passenger to her husband, sidecar driver Claude Lambert. At the 1961 Isle of Man TT races their BMW sidecar outfit crashed at Gob-ny-Geay (35th mile marker) before Brandish Corner, and Lambert died from her injuries.[4][5][6]

The crash was caused by faulty welding, which her husband had entrusted to a specialist. She died instantly when the following sidecar hit her. [7]

Sources

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  1. ^ The Motorsport Memorial Team. "Motorsport Memorial". www.motorsportmemorial.org.
  2. ^ Isle of Man Courier pp2 dated 16 June 1961
  3. ^ "Claude Lambert".
  4. ^ Isle of Man Courier pp2 dated 16 June 1961
  5. ^ Daily Express pp10 dated 13 June 1961
  6. ^ Isle of Man Examiner pp7 dated 15 June 1961
  7. ^ "Claude Lambert".
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