by The speed festival at the British Goodwood was marked not only by the premieres of new cars and interesting vintage cars, but also by spectacular crashes of rare supercars. This is reported by Focus.
The accidents happened on the Goodwood race track during time trials. Sports cars compete to see who can navigate the track the fastest.
Next up was the equally expensive 1996 McLaren F1 GTR, previously driven by Ralph Schumacher. This supercar overshot the turn and crashed into the barrier with its front end. Overall, only 28 of these cars were produced, each valued in the millions of dollars.
The vintage supercar BMW M1 ProCar of 1978 also failed to make the turn and spectacularly crashed into hay bales. The value of such a car is about a million dollars.
The crashes happened in front of thousands of spectators. Additionally, during drifts on the track, a prototype of the second generation Mercedes-AMG GT ran off, but suffered no serious damage.
At first, the Porsche 911 GT1 — the winner of the 1998 Le Mans 24-hour race was involved in the crash. Its value is about 10 million dollars, making it the most expensive accident of the year so far.
A 600-horsepower sports car skidded in a turn, hitting a fence made of hay bales and losing its rear wing. Repairing the carbon Porsche 911 GT1 will be costly.
Next up was the equally expensive 1996 McLaren F1 GTR, previously driven by Ralph Schumacher. This supercar overshot the turn and crashed into the barrier with its front end. Overall, only 28 of these cars were produced, each valued in the millions of dollars.
The vintage supercar BMW M1 ProCar of 1978 also failed to make the turn and spectacularly crashed into hay bales. The value of such a car is about a million dollars.
The crashes happened in front of thousands of spectators. Additionally, during drifts on the track, a prototype of the second generation Mercedes-AMG GT ran off, but suffered no serious damage.
