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The pile of metal in the adjacent images used to be a McLaren F1. The transformation from road icon to roadkill took place in Italy yesterday. As an interesting detail, Rowan Atkinson, whose F1 crash went worldwide back in 2011, was around.
The example of the British hypercar was traveling along with other three F1s, one of which was Mr. Bean’s car, when the driver lost control, as Italian publication LaNazione writes. Flipping a car like the McLaren F1 is extremely difficult and yet this is exactly what happened here.
The events that led to the crash, as well as those of the accident itself are unknown, but the McLaren ended up on the side of the road - it landed on its roof and had a serious impact with a tree. The driver, together with his passenger, were taken to the hospital by air.
As you can see in the images below, there is extensive damage to the side of the carbon tub (where the vehicle hit the tree) and the roof was obviously affected. We don’t even want to think about the potential mechanical damage that’s not visible.
Returning to Rowan Atkinson, we’d like to remind you that while his McLaren F1 may have been repaired, the process brought the most expensive bill in the history of British insurance companies. No less than US$1.44 million (EUR1.05 million) were spent to make sure the world doesn’t get left with one less F1. Let’s cross our fingers and hope the flipped F1 is still worthy of service attention.
The events that led to the crash, as well as those of the accident itself are unknown, but the McLaren ended up on the side of the road - it landed on its roof and had a serious impact with a tree. The driver, together with his passenger, were taken to the hospital by air.
As you can see in the images below, there is extensive damage to the side of the carbon tub (where the vehicle hit the tree) and the roof was obviously affected. We don’t even want to think about the potential mechanical damage that’s not visible.
Returning to Rowan Atkinson, we’d like to remind you that while his McLaren F1 may have been repaired, the process brought the most expensive bill in the history of British insurance companies. No less than US$1.44 million (EUR1.05 million) were spent to make sure the world doesn’t get left with one less F1. Let’s cross our fingers and hope the flipped F1 is still worthy of service attention.
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