Chris Atkinson <WRC Wales 2008 spoiler>
 

Quote from Chris Atkinson, from the WRC website

Atkinson visited the service area today and explained what happened.

“The car just didn’t turn,” he said. “It’s normally a flat left corner, so I went flat and turned - but the car didn’t. There was ice under the mud and we couldn’t see it. We touched a bank at 160kph and the car rolled - a lot. The first impact bounced the car off the ground and the data showed we were in the air for one and a half or two seconds. It landed quite hard and I was knocked out. Then it rolled about six more times and we stopped 150 - 180 metres from the where it started. I can’t remember much about it but I know it was big - my biggest by a long way.”

“My shoulder is a bit stiff and I’m a bit bruised in places but apart from that I feel okay. I’m going home tonight to have a rest,” he added.


I'm just glad both are ok, the roll cage saves the day again :thumb:

all the bouncing,reminds me of kangaroo's

Press restart and try again you could go well faster than that lol

Does anybody have a picture of the wreck? It looked quite raped on eurosport...

it did look a mega crash, i was 2 far away from the crash to get photos, just lights spinning into the trees. crazy glad they are ok

:eek: Very lucky to walk away imho

"the roll cage saves the day again"

Physically yes - My hat goes off to those clever ENGINEERS that design these items in the first place. ---> from an engineer :)

For Sale:

A MY08 shell, few scratches, low mileage. :)