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Ain-Diab gave its name to the ''Ain-Diab circuit'', a Formula One road circuit built in 1957 , south west of Ain-Diab proper, using the existing coast road and the main road from Casablanca to Azemmour. 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 a 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 the 1958 Formula One Season . It was won by Stirling Moss driving a Vanwall , 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. |
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