Davey Lambert
{{Short description|English motorcycle racer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Davey Lambert
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| birth_date = 1969
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|6|6|1969|||df=yes}}
| death_place = Aintree, Liverpool, England
| nationality = English
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David (Davey) Lambert (1969 – 6 June 2017) was an English motorcycle racer. He was from Gateshead.
Career
Lambert had considerable success in the Manx Grand Prix with a fourth place in the Newcomers A race in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.manxgrandprix.org/Mountain-Course-Database/Events/Races.aspx?meet_code=ALL&ride_id=10435 |title=Race Results - Manx Grand Prix Official Website |publisher=manxgrandprix.org |date= |accessdate=2017-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627114856/http://www.manxgrandprix.org/Mountain-Course-Database/Events/Races.aspx?meet_code=ALL&ride_id=10435 |archive-date=2017-06-27 |url-status=dead }}
Death
Lambert died of injuries sustained at the Isle of Man TT on 6 June 2017, aged 48. He had come off his 1000cc Kawasaki machine at Greeba Castle. He was making his debut at the race, having previously raced in the Manx Grand Prix with considerable success, including an 8th place in last year's Senior MGP Race.{{cite news|title=Isle of Man TT 2017: Davey Lambert dies in hospital after Superbike crash|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/40182422|work=BBC News|date=6 June 2017 }} He was airlifted to Noble's Hospital before being transferred to Aintree Hospital in Merseyside.
He became the 253rd rider to be killed on the Snaefell Mountain Course since 1911.
References
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Category:English motorcycle racers
Category:Motorcycle racers who died while racing
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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