BMW Motorbike and sidecar combination, 1957. Artist: Unknown

BMW Motorbike and sidecar combination, 1957. Artist: Unknown

1-194-540 - National Motor Museum/Heritage Images

BMW Motorbike and sidecar combination, 1957. Germany's Fritz Hillebrand and Manfred Grunwald, the 1957 125cc World Sidecar Champions in action. Grunwald leans out to keep the machine balanced as it negotiates an S-bend. They won the Isle of Man Sidecar TT in both 1956 and 1957. Hillebrand was killed when the pair were involved in an accident in a race at Bilbao, Spain at the end of the 1957. As a result Grunwald then retired.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Fritz Hillebrand: German: Motorbike racer
  2. Manfred Grunwald: German: Motorbike sidecar racer

Medium
  1. Photograph

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3786x4975
File Size : 55,182kb


Aliases

  1. A7971
  1. 0340001959
  1. 1-194-540
  1. 1194540
  1. 1959
  1. A7971

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