.: Great Read — Drunken charge: Rolt and Hamilton's incredible '53 Le Mans win

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FROM OUR ARCHIVE, JUNE 1998 | ANDREW FRANKEL
Great Read – Drunken charge: Rolt and Hamilton's incredible '53 Le Mans win
He was a race-winning pre-war driver, was awarded the Military Cross in WWII, and was part of the famous glider plot as a Colditz POW. He then developed a 4wd system that resulted in the F1 race-winning Ferguson P99. 

There are no shortage of incredible stories from the life of Tony Rolt, who died on this day 15 years ago, not least the tale of his Le Mans win in 1953 with Duncan Hamilton. The pair started the race nursing apocalyptic hangovers after an all-night drinking session. Click below to enjoy today's Great Read
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Great Read — Drunken charge: Rolt and Hamilton's incredible '53 Le Mans win

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