Marie Lambert

Marie-Laure Rosene Lambert (1935, Geneva, Switzerland – 12 June 1961) was a female Swiss motorcycle racer.[2]

Marie Lambert
NationalitySwiss
Born1935
Châtonnaye, Switzerland
Died12 June 1961(1961-06-12) (aged 25–26)
Isle of Man
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested1 (1961)[1]

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.[3][4][5]

Sources

  1. The Motorsport Memorial Team. "Motorsport Memorial". www.motorsportmemorial.org.
  2. Isle of Man Courier pp2 dated 16 June 1961
  3. Isle of Man Courier pp2 dated 16 June 1961
  4. Daily Express pp10 dated 13 June 1961
  5. Isle of Man Examiner pp7 dated 15 June 1961


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