 Top flight Le Mans racing driver Michael Delaney (Steve McQueen) spots former rival Piero Belgetti's widow Lisa (Elga Andersen) buying flowers in the days before the race; he then drives to the scene of the accident which killed her husband the previous year.He has a flashback of Belgetti losing control of his Ferrari, forcing him to crash as well.Like many others, Lisa appears to feel Delaney was responsible, at least in part, for the accident.