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McLaren News Oh the humanity Top Gear

Rowan Atkinson crashes his McLaren F1

Rowan Atkinson, McLaren F1

Reports from the UK bring word that Rowan Atkinson has been hospitalised after crashing his McLaren F1. Although it has been described that Atkinson “cheated death” he suffered only a minor shoulder injury.

It’s understood the 56-year-old comedian lost control of the car and it spun three times before crashing into a tree then a street light sign. He was able to free himself from the wreckage and was assisted by a witness until emergency crews arrived.

The Sun is quoting a source as saying, “It’s a miracle that he managed to walk away from the crash. He’s a very lucky man.

“The car was a wreck, really badly damaged. Rowan must be absolutely gutted.”

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Nissan Oh the humanity

Nissan GT-R lights my fire

First filed 20 February.

We’re sad to report on the loss of a Nissan GT-R due to fire. The incident happened near Bukit Tinggi in Malaysia. From the evidence in this YouTube clip appears to be the result of a collision between the GT-R and a Mk6 Golf GTI.

It’s currently unknown if either of the drivers were injured, or if there were any passengers in either car. Fingers crossed those involved escaped unharmed.

As you can see by the parked cars alongside the road it looks like a favoured route for weekend driving with a number of drivers piloting tasty looking machines witnessing the incident.

[Thanks to Jamil for the tip]

UPDATE 21 February: Pics have been added below. [Source: Zerotohundred.com]

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Audi Oh the humanity

Audi R8 GT lights my fire

Audi R8 GT

That thing, above, is an Audi R8 GT. Or at least, it was. The R8 GT is a go-faster version of the R8 V10. Lighter and more powerful than the regular model, only 333 R8 GTs are scheduled for production.

It is understood the driver lost control on a damp patch of motorway near Munich. Subsequently the car skidded along the road for some 400m, hitting barriers several times, before finally erupting in flames. The driver escaped with no serious injury.

And then there were 332.

[Source: donaukurier.de via Top Gear]

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Ferrari Oh the humanity

Ferrari 458 Italia lights my fire, again!

Ferrari 458 Italia

This burning Ferrari 458 Italia phenomenon is getting out of control. After the break you can see video of the sizzling 458 shown above, which was filmed in China.Apparently there have been four fire incidents involving the 458 Italia in the last two weeks.

Reported in the UK newspaper The Telegraph a Ferrari spokesman from Britain has said, “We are taking all the reports very seriously and are looking into them, but we are treating them all as separate incidents.”

With waiting lists approaching three years you’d be a bit pissed off if you already had one of these otherwise fantastic cars only to see it end up in a smouldering, useless mess.

[Source: Telegraph]

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Ferrari Oh the humanity

Treedom fighter

Ferrari 458 Italia fail

If you had the cash to buy yourself a Ferrari 458 Italia I bet you’d be pretty happy with yourself. What, then, if you drove it into a tree the next day? That’s exactly what happened to this poor 458.

There are some practical lessons we hope we never have to learn. It looks like this guy has just failed Understeer 101. Hero one day, failure the next.

If you can stomach it, there’s some before and after video footage after the jump.

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Ferrari Oh the humanity

Ferrari 458 Italia really lights my fire

Ferrari 458 Italia

This molten mess you see was once a gorgeous Ferrari 458 Italia. If you thought last week’s bbq case was a sorry sight, well, this disaster has taken things to a whole new level.

According to the post on the Wrecked Exotics website this 458 was another French roast. Allegedly the car was having an ace time flying up a mountain pass right up until the point the car’s engine caught fire. The end result, as you can see, was remarkable.

[Source: Wrecked Exotics via TopGear.com]

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Ferrari Oh the humanity

Ferrari 458 Italia lights my fire

Ferrari 458 Italia fire

The gentleman you see above got a bit of a fright when he saw the rear arch of his Ferrari 458 Italia in flames while driving through the streets of Paris. No danger of the captain going down with the ship here, though. Monsiuer Italia legged it leaving his poor 458 to a firey end.

All was not lost, however, a good samaritan saw the trouble ahead and soon stepped in with his trusty fire extinguisher to minimise the damage.

[Source: AutoGespot | Thanks to Chris for the tip]

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Ferrari 360 lights my fire

Ferrari 360 fire

The Ferrari 360, such a beautiful car, but this is such a horrible sight. These two pics were spotted on Flickr and show the Fezza being barbecued on Highway 101 in California.

In the second pic your stomach just drops when you see a man watching the 360 disappear as he looks on helplessly. Ashes to ashes…

[Source: Jalopnik]

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Oh the humanity Pagani

And then there were 24

Pagani Zonda F

A Hong Kong driver has put the F into fail after crashing his Pagani Zonda F, one of just 25 ever made. Supposedly the pwner was returning from a track day when he remembered Murray Walker’s immortal words “unless I’m very much mistaken”, at which point he was indeed mistaken as he proceeded to plough into a row of parked cars.

A moment’s silence, please, as we pay our respects to the great work of Horacio Pagani that has been senselessly wasted.

[Source: Wrecked Exotics]

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Bugatti Oh the humanity

Dumb & Dumber

Bugatti Veyron - Pretty sure that's a Lambo dude

You’ll remember yesterday’s sad story of the Bugatti Veyron taking a dip. Amazingly, the incident has been captured on video and can be seen below after the jump.

Adding some humour to the tragedy is the expert commentary provided by the guys behind the camera. Let’s call them Lloyd and Harry:

Lloyd: [murmurs] That will be mine one day.
Harry: What is it?
Lloyd: Pretty sure that’s a Lambo dude.
Lloyd: [screaming] Oh, oh he’s … oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!

Oh, and, erm, no sign of the “pelican” either, haha.

[Source: Jalopnik]

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In the drink

Bugatti Veyron gets that sinking feeling

Now kids, this is why you shouldn’t talk on your mobile phone while driving, okay.

It has been reported the anonymous owner of this Bugatti Veyron was having a yak on his phone when a pelican flew in front of the car’s windscreen. Startled by Mr Percival‘s fly-by, the driver dropped his phone, filled his pants then put his hypercar in the drink after losing control and hurtling into this saltwater lagoon in Galveston County, Texas.

I’m guessing the plank’s first words after the incident were quite a lot stronger than, “Oops! Did I just do that?”

The astonishing Veyron has as many admirers as it does detractors. For every person that gets off on the car’s engineering prowess is another one who claims the car is too heavy and too pointless.

The latter, then, who probably think the car is better suited as a boat, will enjoy the description of the car’s final moment given in Galveston County’s local rag, “The Veyron’s powerful engine gurgled like an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died.”

You can see an unexciting, but still very sad video of the Veyron being towed out of the lagoon after the jump.

[Source: Galveston County Daily News]

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Koenigsegg Oh the humanity

This one’s gonna bruise

Koenigsegg CCX crash

The New York owner of this Koenigsegg CCX has just lived through his worst nightmare. His car was crashed by somebody else. Y’know, it would be one thing if a thief stole the car and crashed it. You don’t tend to trust a thief all that much, so as difficult as it would be, you could probably still deal with that scenario.

Imagine, then, how hard it would be to reconcile the situation if it was some schmuck from your local Koenigsegg dealership that did this to your pride and joy. It gets worse, too. Not only did the prize clown do that to the CCX, he also took down a Porsche 911 GT2 in the process.

Perhaps the only satisfaction from this ordeal is imagining how tight the sphincter of the culprit would have been when he made the phone call to the car’s owner. Ouch!

[Source: TopGear via WreckedExotics]