Though Levegh was unable to save himself, he may have saved the life of five-time Formula One world champion Fangio, who maintained that a hand-signal from Levegh to slow down, a moment before he struck Macklin's car, was the deliberate warning that had saved Fangio's life.
Aínda que Levegh non puido salvarse, puido salvar a vida do quíntuplo campión mundial de Fórmula 1 Fangio, que veu un sinal de Levegh para desacelerar, un momento antes de alcanzar o coche de Macklin, esta advertencia deliberada salvou a vida de Fangio.