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damn :/(Original post by ferrarichat.com)
"Sunday morning near Milan a 41 years old man died because he lost control of his car."
accident happened at 256km/h ~157mph, as per the enzo's computer that records all speeds much like an airplane's "black box" flight data recorder
there is speculation as to how it actually happened, but some believe that the rear end steped off the pavement and entered a spin, with some tree/telephone pole hitting in there. others suggest something similar, but ground effects were lost quickly after leaving the road, which would mean no downforce at 155mph (as the enzo has no "traditional" downforce devices i.e. wings/spoilers, so once the car is sufficently off the ground there is no downforece created at all) the car would then spin and roll out of control, with periods of flight until friction with the ground brought the car to a stop. however it is unknow if the driver lost control, or the vehicle failed at this time. it looks like to me that the car slid into a tree/pole sideways and hit into the door (note the driver rear quarter panel looks very good considering) theis caused the monocoque to break, because all force was applied directly to the monocoque itself.
the monocoque should have held up, but this is aparently a reoccuring problem in ferraris (at least the newer ones 355, 360, enzo)
the lack of skidmarks lends to the theory that the car was airborne for some while before stopping
despite some debate this IS an enzo, leaving only 398 left in the world -
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I kinda want to read the police report to see what condition the body was in. More pix on the original post here
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Possible. But you could equally say "Look at the second picture, the door's come off. Maybe he tried to get out of the car while going 157mph"(Original post by F1~UK)
If you guys look at the second picture then you will see the tyre in the road is torn and off the alloy. This leads me to think that the tyre may have blown out which would obviously have sent him right out of control at that sort of speed. Seems possible.
Either way, 157mph is silly, especially on that road. Crumple zones can only do so much -
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I was actually just looking at that pic and thinking 'that isn't an enzo tyre is it?'. It doesn't look nearly broad enough compared to the diameter to be a supercar-tyre to me. Maybe just the perspective of the shot, though.(Original post by F1~UK)
If you guys look at the second picture then you will see the tyre in the road is torn and off the alloy. This leads me to think that the tyre may have blown out which would obviously have sent him right out of control at that sort of speed. Seems possible. -
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Hi All!
There's this site, www.wreckedexotics.com, where there are thousands of pictures of wrecked enzos(other ferrari's as well), murcielagos, gallardos, countless mercs, bmws, porsches, corvettes, etc...
it has pictures of almost all exotic machinery, but all have met with an accident...Its an awesome sight, but also very sad considering how much effort has gone into building such cars...
check the website out...
Cheers
That's scary, he must have been travelling way too fast to be able to total the car like that!
