About Marie Lambert
Lived 1935 – 1961 (aged 25–26). Marie Lambert was a Swiss motorcycle racer.
Marie-Laure Rosene Lambert (1935 – 12 June 1961) was a Swiss motorcycle racer.
Lambert took up motorcycle racing in 1960, as a sidecar passenger, initially to replace her husband Claude's partner, who was late for a race.
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.
The crash was caused by faulty welding, which her husband had entrusted to a specialist. She died instantly when the following sidecar hit her.
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Who was Marie Lambert?
Swiss motorcycle racer (1935-1961)
When was Marie Lambert born?
Marie Lambert was born in 1935 in Geneva.
When did Marie Lambert die?
Marie Lambert died on 12 June 1961 in Isle of Man.
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Marie Lambert was a motorcycle racer.
What nationality was Marie Lambert?
Marie Lambert was Swiss.
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