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Old 11-06-2011, 06:00 PM
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Very lucky boy ,and the crowd scroll down for video
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/110620...ror-crash.html
Old 11-06-2011, 06:06 PM
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Sh*t the bed!

Alot of new trousers needed for that one!
Old 11-06-2011, 06:08 PM
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Watched that live. The Audi team boss was almost crying with joy when McNish walked away.
Might have been a different story if it'd been in last years open top Audi.
Old 11-06-2011, 06:08 PM
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shit me , how no-one visably got a piece of car in there face is hard to beleive , i did watch it with the sound off so sorry if it said 10 people died lol
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there is a camera man, wearing a blue jacket in that video
and he looks totally unaware that its all happening LOL
Old 11-06-2011, 06:09 PM
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Pretty 'bold' move to try and go down the inside there IMO.

Glad he's alright but why the hell are the crowd so exposed there?!


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Old 11-06-2011, 06:18 PM
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That wheel flying off down the 'service' road was scary! Nearly catching that blue jacketed camera man.
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Originally Posted by Icurus
That wheel flying off down the 'service' road was scary! Nearly catching that blue jacketed camera man.
who was completely unaware anything was happening
Old 11-06-2011, 07:09 PM
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Big fan of McNish but that move was not very clever; 23 hrs to go and pullling a move like that on team mate, in heavy traffic, is a bit wild. So lucky none of the people behind the barrier were not seriously injured, I used to work as a tv cameraman at motor racing events and when you are looking through the lens you quite often dont see what is flying towards your head until its too late!

Thank god no one was hurt (driver or specators). I bet the guy in the Ferrari was thinking WTF just hit me! Really not his fault McNish was 2 cars back you dont expect that to happen when you are being lapped you are looking at the car behind not the 2nd car behind.
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Mcnish, i know the name from somewhere, was he in touring cars or F1 a couple of years back
Old 11-06-2011, 07:25 PM
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I watched the start of the race but missed the crash.He must of been going at some speed.He is a lucky man and it just goes to shoe how strong these modern race cars are.
Old 11-06-2011, 07:25 PM
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That's a lot of cash destroying itself in 5 seconds. Ouch.
Old 11-06-2011, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by tommytwotanks
Mcnish, i know the name from somewhere, was he in touring cars or F1 a couple of years back
yeah was F vauxhall, F3 (?), F3000 champion then big crash and later ended up in WSC won Lemans with Porsche, got in with Toyota WSC then into F1 in their first year alongside (Salo?) then joined Audi and has won drivers title with Audi couple of times, one of the very best 24 hr drivers.
Old 11-06-2011, 07:30 PM
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a foot higher over that barrier and it's a very very sad day for motorsport

Wasn't the Ferrari a back marker?
Old 11-06-2011, 07:33 PM
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Just left the pits. If anyone's to blame, it's Mcnish's team-mate for not passing the ferrari in the first place. He'd have got out of the way for both of them.
Old 11-06-2011, 07:33 PM
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Very lucky to get out and walk away from that. Seen it happen live just goes to show how strong the cockpit of the car is.
Old 11-06-2011, 07:40 PM
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shit on a stick that is one very lucky driver & i bet the spetators shit them selves they are all very lucky to run away .
Old 11-06-2011, 07:42 PM
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The crash before was a bad one too, looks like his rear left goes pop?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa88c...watch_response
Old 11-06-2011, 08:03 PM
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the car almost sat on top of the wall like a catherine wheel throwing bits of bodywork at cameramen... i was at le man in 2007 when the peugeot won... one of the best experiences of my life
Old 11-06-2011, 08:20 PM
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The gravel trap didn't look to have any effect... would ploughing it (putting in furrows) have helped or just flipped the car over?
Old 11-06-2011, 08:38 PM
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Old 11-06-2011, 08:41 PM
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looks like theres just been another big smash
Old 11-06-2011, 08:49 PM
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screen grab from earlier, plus looks like another Audi has just clipped another Ferrari

Old 11-06-2011, 09:46 PM
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Looks like the one just happened involving the other audi is even worse. Hope driver is ok
Old 11-06-2011, 09:48 PM
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The car looked destroyed, but the driver climbed out of the tub and walked away !!
Old 11-06-2011, 09:54 PM
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It looks like a blow out in that clip of the ferrari.
Old 12-06-2011, 01:02 AM
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whats with the spectator comments above?

you can clearly see in the video that the fence is about 20feet high!!
it is NEVER going to penetrate the fence in a million years!?

those guys running away are Marshalls and Media...
Old 12-06-2011, 01:25 AM
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Another big smash

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/...big-crash.html
Old 12-06-2011, 07:34 AM
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Looks like the other car moved over on him, but soooo hard to see in the dark

Aslo looks like Peugeot are going for the 'most unsporting driving' award ffs

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