MK5 Golf GTI

General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Greeners on June 11, 2011, 10:21:02 pm

Title: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: Greeners on June 11, 2011, 10:21:02 pm
http://jalopnik.com/5810990/watch-allan-mcnish-destroy-his-audi-r18-in-horrific-crash
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: vRStu on June 11, 2011, 10:23:29 pm
Saw this earlier. Pretty impressive.

The wheel that comes off and goes way up in the air and comes down near the guy in the blue tabard before chasing a few other victims off.  :scared:
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: mortygttdi on June 11, 2011, 10:25:49 pm
That Ferrari shouldn't have been there and should have moved over straight away :confused: That wheel would have hurt some one if it would have hit them.

Darren
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: SteveP on June 11, 2011, 10:26:50 pm
Some very lucky people there  :scared:
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: Beddie on June 11, 2011, 10:44:00 pm
Holy Moly!   :scared: :scared:
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: Chrisb on June 11, 2011, 10:46:09 pm
also a second crash earlier tonight..
http://jalopnik.com/5811065/second-audi-crashes-at-24-hours-of-le-mans
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: Greeners on June 11, 2011, 10:56:07 pm
There still under safety car now!  :surprised:
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: Chrisb on June 11, 2011, 10:59:44 pm
I think audi are contemplating packing up for the weekend rather than risk the 3rd car.
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: alexperkins on June 11, 2011, 11:09:53 pm
Serious crash that! What amazes me is how the drivers can just get up and walk away from a crash like that
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: QD MBE on June 11, 2011, 11:15:40 pm
Ferrari........................

Glad Monsieur Mctavish is ok.  what a crash! 
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: chungster on June 11, 2011, 11:52:15 pm
Wow 2 humongous crashes!

Ironic tho watching the warm up sesh this morning commentators were saying mcnish is the best at getting thru traffic the quickest. They also said it's a 24 hour race and you can't win it in first hour only lose it. Maybe the Ferrari didn't see mcnish coming thru at that speed and mcnish should have taken a bit more care in getting thru the traffic. But hindsight and all that.

Lucky none of those toggers behind the barrier wasnt injured tho could have been very bad!

Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: MJR on June 12, 2011, 12:22:28 am
WoW nasty crash  :scared:
Glad he's ok.
I'm watching the race now on eurosport, see how long I can stay up lol
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: danishmkvgti on June 12, 2011, 09:34:20 am
Bad luck with those Audi's, maybe a couple of these could have turned the luck:




 :driver:   :pomppomp:
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: bigeyd on June 12, 2011, 09:38:25 am
They were both okay after these smashes,it just shows the level of protection  :happy2:
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: Hurdy on June 12, 2011, 10:35:30 am
Now I always say if you are going to do something, you may as well do it right......and that crash was indeed done right and proper!! :scared:
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: Janner_Sy on June 12, 2011, 12:10:36 pm
one of the other crashes

Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: VRSerious on June 12, 2011, 12:35:07 pm
Dame that was lucky no one got hurt :surprised:
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: cmdrfire on June 13, 2011, 11:23:34 am
Yeah, I saw the Rockenfeller crash, was worse than the McNish crash I thought.

But the race was very exciting, 15s between LMP1 first and second, in 24 hours!
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: theo on June 13, 2011, 09:46:52 pm
I was sat about 20m from where McNish's car came off the track, was a bit of a brown pants moment seeing that coming towards you. Full credit to the marshalls though who were quick to get the car onto its wheels to get him out! It did then mean a long stint of SC while they replaced a huge chunk of Armco.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fq276%2Ftheo182%2F1.jpg&hash=c995c303d99aa02f0be85df4ef313f5dbb0b7a49)

Just a small idea of how close!
Title: Re: Huge McNish crash at Le Mans!
Post by: bigeyd on June 13, 2011, 10:27:12 pm
Bejeebus thats close !