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Discussion in 'British' started by fiorano94, May 8, 2007.

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  1. fiorano94

    fiorano94 F1 Veteran

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    #1 fiorano94, May 8, 2007
    I was reading and came accross a tiny bit of info on the first F1 prototype.

    #XP1 199n Unpainted. McLaren. Accident in Namibia. Destroyed and buried in desert.


    Any more info?

    Pictures?
     
  2. mattymouse33

    mattymouse33 F1 Rookie

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    #2 mattymouse33, May 9, 2007

    As you do!!
     
  3. SefacHotRodder

    SefacHotRodder F1 World Champ

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    #3 SefacHotRodder, May 9, 2007
    Erik will chime in soon but it crashed and burnt in Nambia. The car flipped (sommersaulted actually) several times. The driver was pretty much unhurt except for some bumps from the testing equipment flying around. He climbed out where the windshield would be. Unfortunatley, by the time everyone got there the car had burnt down
     
  4. gregh

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  5. seinfeld

    seinfeld Formula Junior

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    #5 seinfeld, May 9, 2007
    daaaaamn! that car would have cost so much if it was alive today :-(
     
  6. Emil

    Emil Formula Junior

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    #6 Emil, May 9, 2007
    anyone know why this happened?

    like aerodynamic problems,blown tyre?
     
  7. Canut

    Canut Formula Junior

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    #7 Canut, May 9, 2007
    Global Warming.
     
  8. fiorano94

    fiorano94 F1 Veteran

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    #8 fiorano94, May 9, 2007
    Car looks amazing!

    Too bad it had to burn.
     
  9. rosso_fanatic

    rosso_fanatic Formula Junior

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    #9 rosso_fanatic, May 16, 2007
    I heard it hit a rock that was big enough to cause a catastrophy but small enough to not easily be seen while going 200 mph (which is close to what the driver was doing)
     

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