- Ain-Diab Circuit
The Ain-Diab Circuit was a
Formula One road circuit built in1957 , south west ofAin-Diab inMorocco , using the existing coast road and the main road fromCasablanca toAzemmour .The 7.618 km (4.734 mi) course was designed by the Royal Automobile Club of Morocco and given a full blessing from Sultan Mohammed V. It took merely six weeks to construct. The site hosted an F1 race in 1957, but it was a non-championship event. On 19 October 1958 the course was the venue for the
1958 Moroccan Grand Prix , the final round in the1958 Formula One season . It was won byStirling Moss driving aVanwall , completing the 53 laps in 2h 09m 15.1s.There was a terrible accident during the race, when the engine on the Vanwall of
Stuart Lewis-Evans seized and the car spun and crashed. He was severely burned, dying in hospital in England six days later.Formula One history
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