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WRC Portugal Latvala crash

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  • #2
    afatbollix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,084 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    thats the worse crash i have ever seen... if that crash happened 10 years ago they would be dead!!!


  • #3
    BoardsRanger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 706 ✭✭✭BoardsRanger


    Thats some crash!! Amazing that both driver and co-driver got out alive!


  • #4
    homer90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭homer90


    bloody hell :eek:


  • #5
    Grim.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Grim.


    cant believe how lucky he was to hit the three that stopped him if it hadn't the car wouldn't of stopped till he hit the valley floor and the outcome would have been alot worse


  • #6
    shamrock321
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭shamrock321


    Horrible crash! I bet they both thought that was it! Hopefully they make a good recovery!


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  • #7
    h3000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    Just shows how save the cars are these days, glad they are unhurt. It looks like his position in BP Ford is in serious doubt at the moment, he has had a dreadful start to the season. Hopefully they can work it out and give him another chance, he just needs to mature a bit in the car and not take stupid chances. He reminds me (A LITTLE) of McRae in the early days all or nothing.

    I reminds me a bit of when Markko Martin crashing out at high speed in argentina in 2004 and again they where unhurt (can't say the same for the car though).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2vOv63oNL4

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  • #8
    EvilMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭EvilMonkey


    Scary stuff there lucky the car stopped in the trees. Glad they are ok and its good to see how see the cars are these days.


  • #9
    Chopper888
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭Chopper888


    Ford have insisted that Latvala's drive is safe for the next rally despite his poor recent form.

    http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74215


  • #10
    Bobby04
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Bobby04


    Chopper888 wrote: »
    Ford have insisted that Latvala's drive is safe for the next rally despite his poor recent form.

    http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74215

    Thanks for the link chopper. Good to see Wilson has some faith in him. As mentioned already, Latvala's performance is very reminiscent of McRae back in the formative years (and middle and latter years too come to think of it!). Didn't they say in McRae's case that it showed he was trying? Latvala has great pace - just needs to keep it on the road, which I think he'll get the hang of with time! Then again, Petter in a factory Focus could be interesting!


  • #11
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Latvala's crash reminded me of a crash from years ago but couldn't put my finger on it... till now.

    Also from Portugal,the one and only Louise Aitken Walker.
    One of,if not the most scariest endings to a crash.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-1hRqM9ow


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  • #12
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,455 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    Very spectacular crash but a multiple rollover is relatively easy on the structure of a car compared to say, a direct hit into a tree which stops the car (and occupants inside) in an instant.

    One of the main dangers in a rollover is the occupants arms can get flung out the window and get crushed under the rolling car.


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