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The
Matra 640 is created by Robert Choulet, a young and talented engineer
(coming from CD) . This beautiful car is realized very quickly (approximately
3 months) thanks to some earlier researches of Choulet. It’s revolutionary
by its chassis, suspensions and streamlined body. Unfortunately, this
car has a very short life (15 days) : the first contact with the track
of Le Mans is finished by a spectacular crash and the car is totally destroy.
Its driver, Henri Pescarolo, is harshly wounded.
Today, with private money and some car fanatics, a second car has been
built on the originals plans.
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