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  4. 24 October 1955

Withdrawal from motor sport

  • Date
    24 October 1955
  • Description
    After a season of outstanding success, Daimler-Benz AG announces its decision to withdraw from motor sport for the immediate future.
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Celebration at the Untertürkheim plant to round off the Formula One racing season on October 24 1955. From left: Mercedes-Benz Formula One racing car (W 196 R) with streamlined body, monoposto and 300 SLR racing sports car (W 196 S).
Closing ceremony of the racing season 1955
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Celebration at the Untertürkheim plant to round off the Formula One racing season on October 24 1955. Mercedes-Benz Formula One racing car (W 196 R) monoposto. A final meeting of all involved to mark the withdrawal from motorsport (Juan Manuel Fangio, Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, Stirling Moss, Olivier Gendebien, André Simon, Frl. Thirion, John Cooper Fitch, Veit, Fritz Nallinger, Peter Collins, Werner Engel, Hans Herrmann, Karl Kling, Alfred Neubauer, Hans Tak, Piero Taruffi, Rudolf Uhlenhaut).
Closing ceremony of the racing season 1955
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