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[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-14414889"]by Mr. Bean![/URL]
"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....
Shame.. he'd had it since new, right?
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.
[IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54438000/jpg/_54438409_car.jpg[/IMG]
^^^ Bad, but at least it's in one piece.
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....
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.
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.
[quote=henk4;972710]well, if you know how many were totalled, you can do the calculation....[/quote]
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.
[B]XP1[/B] - first prototype, crashed and burned in the Namibian desert during development testing in 1993
[B]XP2[/B] - MIRA crash test car, later crushed
[B]#004[/B] or [B]#005[/B] - crashed by a mechanic in Brunei, salvaged for parts only according to sources
[B]#010[/B] - crashed by Bernd Pischetsrieder in 1999, then President of BMW and "written off"
[B]#017[/B] - crashed by Christopher Dawes on a rain slicked road in Essex. He and his two passengers perished in the ensuing fire :(
[B]#033[/B] - 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^)
ER
[quote=Peloton25;972768]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.
[B]XP1[/B] - first prototype, crashed and burned in the Namibian desert during development testing in 1993
[B]XP2[/B] - MIRA crash test car, later crushed
[B]#004[/B] or [B]#005[/B] - crashed by a mechanic in Brunei, salvaged for parts only according to sources
[B]#010[/B] - crashed by Bernd Pischetsrieder in 1999, then President of BMW and "written off"
[B]#017[/B] - crashed by Christopher Dawes on a rain slicked road in Essex. He and his two passengers perished in the ensuing fire :(
[B]#033[/B] - 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^)
ER[/quote]
Thank you, I knew for certain you would have the answer :D
And yes, the Blackadder car looks fully repairable and I assume will be.
btw. heading to Pebble etc in the coming 14 days?
I don't plan to be there this year but might find my way up there at least for a day to hit the Historic Races perhaps. Either way, I hope you gentlemen have a very nice time and as always, I look forward to the excellent UCP coverage. :cool:
>8^)
ER
Whatever happened to that silver F1 that burned up a few years ago in California?
[quote=Peloton25;972771]I don't plan to be there this year but might find my way up there at least for a day to hit the Historic Races perhaps. Either way, I hope you gentlemen have a very nice time and as always, I look forward to the excellent UCP coverage. :cool:
>8^)
ER[/quote]
thanks, we'll do our best. Hope to see you on Saturday then.
[quote=NSXType-R;972732]Is it really totalled?.[/quote]
[img]http://axisofoversteer.com/blog/pictures/Mcmess.jpg[/img]
as long as the tub is not damaged, no.
The most important thing is Rowan Atkinson was not seriously hurt or killed.
[quote=kingofthering;972772]Whatever happened to that silver F1 that burned up a few years ago in California?[/quote]
You mean this one?
[url="http://www.rpmgo.com/video-rare-2-million-mclaren-f1-goes-out-in-flames/"]Video: Rare $2 million McLaren F1 goes out in flames - rpmGo.com[/url]
Who knows?
[quote=NSXType-R;972795]Who knows?[/quote]
This guy does. :)
The car was chassis #067 and it was fully repaired by McLaren. The final chapter of the story didn't get nearly as much publicity as the flaming photos did but it was in an article printed in Sports Car Market Letter magazine back in October 2010. Here's the online reprint:
[url=http://www.sportscarmarket.com/columns/legal-files/2694-a-mclaren-f1s-rise-from-the-ashes][B]A McLaren F1’s Rise from the Ashes[/B][/url]
An interesting read for sure. :)
>8^)
ER
So is this the second one he totalled or is it the same one he totalled a few years ago? i dont recall him being on top gear except if its after season 17 episode 2
[quote=Mugen_Ferio;972824]So is this the second one he totalled or is it the same one he totalled a few years ago? i dont recall him being on top gear except if its after season 17 episode 2[/quote]
The previous crash wasn't a write-off, was it? It was more like a bit crashed at the front and that was it...
It definitely looked in once piece in that first photo. Guess not.
[quote=Peloton25;972768][B]#033[/B] - crashed by its German owner on the Autobahn. He chose not to have McLaren repair the car and [I]instead ordered a new one.[/I]
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A luxury the world no longer has.
That Mclaren story is fantastic. Ruthless efficiency. And the insurance company shared the same passion for restoring the car to best-possible condition.
[quote=Mugen_Ferio;972824]i dont recall him being on top gear except if its after season 17 episode 2[/quote]
He was just on Top Gear two weeks ago. Watch it here:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UJ03t1_XEg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UJ03t1_XEg[/ame]
Clearly the man knows how to drive.
[quote=Ferrer;972825]The previous crash wasn't a write-off, was it? It was more like a bit crashed at the front and that was it...[/quote]
Not even close - mostly superficial damage to the bodywork in the nose. The car was put back together good-as-new that time for around £100,000. It wouldn't have even been that bad but the nose of his F1 ended up underneath the car he rear-ended.
>8^)
ER
Like I said Ive only seen up to s17 e2 of top gear
[quote=Peloton25;972832]Not even close - mostly superficial damage to the bodywork in the nose. The car was put back together good-as-new that time for around £100,000.[/quote]lol - theres nothing superficial in the cost when Mclaren cars are doing the repairs
just a clutch is a £ 7,000 peice of kit (good for how many miles again ? LOL)
[quote=Peloton25;972804]This guy does. :)
The car was chassis #067 and it was fully repaired by McLaren. The final chapter of the story didn't get nearly as much publicity as the flaming photos did but it was in an article printed in Sports Car Market Letter magazine back in October 2010. Here's the online reprint:
[url=http://www.sportscarmarket.com/columns/legal-files/2694-a-mclaren-f1s-rise-from-the-ashes][B]A McLaren F1’s Rise from the Ashes[/B][/url]
An interesting read for sure. :)
>8^)
ER[/quote]
Haha, touche. :)
[quote=Badsight;972837]lol - theres nothing superficial in the cost when Mclaren cars are doing the repairs[/quote]
I certainly get your sentiments, but most people looking at the photos showing damage from his first accident would think the entire front end is trashed. Rather, as you can see from this exploded drawing below, the bodywork on the nose that was most heavily damaged is just a clamshell that covers all the important bits. Anytime you do what was reported to be £100,000 worth of damage to something it is serious, but so far as the structure of the car was concerned this first incident wasn't a serious accident.
>8^)
ER
[quote=Peloton25;972856]I certainly get your sentiments, but most people looking at the photos showing damage from his first accident would think the entire front end is trashed. Rather, as you can see from this exploded drawing below, the bodywork on the nose that was most heavily damaged is just a clamshell that covers all the important bits. Anytime you do what reported to be £100,000 worth of damage to something it is serious, but so far as the structure of the car was concerned this first incident wasn't a serious accident.
>8^)
ER[/quote]
It appears to my untrained eye that Atkinson's F1 split apart EXACTLY as intended in your drawing. Great engineering on the part of McLaren! Let's hope he gets it back on the road.
Edit- Any truth to the story that there was a German owner who complained about fuel starvation issues to McLaren who found it happening at speeds of 200+mph?
I've not heard about the fuel starvation issue, but German banker, Dr Thomas Bscher who was also the one time President of Bugatti prior to the Veyron's release, did used to commute from his home in Cologne to his office in Frankfurt every morning at speeds over 200mph on the Autobahn. This evidence was uncovered during a service visit when McLaren downloaded the information from the ECU.
>8^)
ER
Seeing a McLaren totaled really sucks. I have seen many Ferraris, and it hurts too!