by Mr. Bean!
"The Blackadder star is believed to have suffered a minor shoulder injury when the car he was driving hit a tree and lamppost and caught fire."
How many are left of the original 106?
by Mr. Bean!
"The Blackadder star is believed to have suffered a minor shoulder injury when the car he was driving hit a tree and lamppost and caught fire."
How many are left of the original 106?
well, if you know how many were totalled, you can do the calculation....
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
I'm fairly certain that of the 106 that were built in total, including GTRs, LMs and GTs, that we've lost a total of 6.
XP1 - first prototype, crashed and burned in the Namibian desert during development testing in 1993
XP2 - MIRA crash test car, later crushed
#004 or #005 - crashed by a mechanic in Brunei, salvaged for parts only according to sources
#010 - crashed by Bernd Pischetsrieder in 1999, then President of BMW and "written off"
#017 - crashed by Christopher Dawes on a rain slicked road in Essex. He and his two passengers perished in the ensuing fire
#033 - crashed by its German owner on the Autobahn. He chose not to have McLaren repair the car and instead ordered a new one.
There are a lot of other F1s that have been crashed, even a few multiple times like this one, but as far as I know the rest have been repaired leaving us with 100 total F1s in existence today.
Rowan's car is unlikely to be totaled in the true sense of the word. These cars are very fixable and their present values ensure there is a good reason and typically enough insurance money to have McLaren put them back together good as new.
>8^)
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"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
Shame.. he'd had it since new, right?
Life's too short to drive bad cars.
That’s a shame, he was a guest one Top gear he said his F1 had 30,000 miles on the clock, that’s a lot of driving in a F1 and a very big fuel bill.
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."
— Jeremy Clarkson
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
^^^ Bad, but at least it's in one piece.
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."
— Jeremy Clarkson
Another one of UK tabloid's sensational work? TBH That doesn't look nearly as bad....one of the headline I read the car burst into flame....
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Is it really totalled?
From what I heard McLaren did promise parts for the F1, so I'm not sure why he wouldn't have it fixed since he loves the car so much.
He can definitely afford to fix it.
A bit of a side note, but McLarens have caught fire.
as long as the tub is not damaged, no.
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
The most important thing is Rowan Atkinson was not seriously hurt or killed.
"Take my swimming trunks, I won't need them." - Frank Costanza. "What does he want with your swimming trunks." - Estelle Costanza. "Why should they go to waste." - Frank Costanza - Seinfeld
It def. looks salvageable, i wonder how much damage the fire did to the internals?
A shame, but at least it's being driven. I'd hate to see the repair bills but I'm sure he can afford it. Hopefully the engine didn't get torched too badly.
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