WRC crash
Oct 6, 2012 | 06:47 PM
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WRC crash
Anyone see that crash on the news?
Didn't catch who it was but went off through what looked like a vineyard and hit an electricity pylon which fell, wires shorting out onto spectators cars
Oct 6, 2012 | 07:01 PM
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Oct 6, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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dam, didn't seem real when the pole came down
Oct 6, 2012 | 07:28 PM
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Is that for real? Seems a bit weird he crossed a road and continued driving blind through a another section of vineyard.
Last edited by nik52wrx; Oct 6, 2012 at 07:32 PM .
Reason: Just checked on wrc.com, it's for real.
Oct 6, 2012 | 07:35 PM
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In his interview he said he thought he could find his way back to the road, not sure his pace notes cover that
I'm a Solberg fan, but I thought this was just reckless
Oct 6, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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Oct 6, 2012 | 07:49 PM
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Poor driving from solberg .....
Oct 6, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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That guy at 1:11 was LUCKY!!!
Oct 6, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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Poor driving from solberg .....
+1
Oct 6, 2012 | 09:33 PM
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From: Milk on Beans
Do they have a test run of the routes at all?I'm not saying he is a rubbish driver, more im amazed how the cars stick to the twisties at those speeds.
Oct 6, 2012 | 09:36 PM
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That guy at 1:11 was LUCKY!!!
Damn right
Oct 6, 2012 | 10:45 PM
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The footage on the news was better as it wasn't edited between shots like that, it was just one continuous shot from above. That video looks like something off a film setup.
Oct 7, 2012 | 07:28 AM
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Yes robby, they have a recce to make the pace notes.
Oct 7, 2012 | 07:43 AM
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Yes robby, they have a recce to make the pace notes.
That's some trust if they have never done the roads before.
I guess I need to trust my satnav more
Oct 7, 2012 | 07:57 AM
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From: Somewhere in Kent, sniffing some V-Power
Idiotic.
Oct 7, 2012 | 09:13 AM
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Thing is if he'd have pulled it off and found the road/track again, people (perhaps even some on here) would be praising him for his skill and *****
Nobody injured then at a guess which is fortunate.
Oct 7, 2012 | 09:18 AM
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Thing is if he'd have pulled it off and found the road/track again, people (perhaps even some on here) would be praising him for his skill and *****
Nobody injured then at a guess which is fortunate.
He DID find the road again and continued flat out into the next vineyard
Oct 7, 2012 | 09:18 AM
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"we should have known we'd crossed the road when the grapes hitting the screen stopped and the apples started" - Chris Patterson.
Oct 7, 2012 | 09:24 AM
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From: Cornwall
Another perspective...
Really shows just how lucky he was not to kill anyone!
Oct 7, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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And another, check out the 3 or 4 spectators at 5secs in!!!
Oct 7, 2012 | 09:49 AM
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From: in a house full of girls!
Very reckless, looked like he was smiling a bit. He deserves a fine for that.
Oct 7, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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WRC crash
I'm a Solberg fan, but I thought this was just reckless 
