Allan McNish in the #3 Audi R18 TDI was involved in a horrific accident in the 2011 Le Mans 24 hour race. McNish made contact with the #58 Ferrari and crashed heavily into the barriers just after the Dunlop bridge. Thankfully he was able to walk away with no major injury.
ALMS 2012 - Nissan Deltawing Big Crash During Testing At Road Atlanta
During testing for Petit Le Mans the Nissan DeltaWing crashed with a Porsche GTC car and was forced into a roll.
Gunnar Jeannette was behind the wheel at the time of contact with the GTC Porsche. There's been no official word yet from the DeltaWing team or Nissan whether or not the car can be repaired in time for this weekend's race.
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TRUTH IN 24 II - Every Second Counts
The Le Mans 24 Hours are a legend. They are mentioned in the same breath as the Rallye Monte Carlo, the Monaco Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500. Since 1923, hundreds of thousands of motorsport enthusiasts have been flocking to La Sarthe year by year to experience the one-day race. To watch the protagonists in their sports cars battle for each place and each meter of tarmac with bated breath. The drivers cover 4,800 kilometers in 24 hours - almost as many as the Formula One racers in a whole year. Every Le Mans winner has gone down in history. The three Audi drivers Andr‚ Lotterer, BenoŒt Tr‚luyer and Marcel F„ssler did so in a special way with the triumph they achieved in 2011. The film TRUTH IN 24 II documents the tenth and arguably most emotional triumph of the brand with the four rings at this sports car classic. After two Audi R18 TDI cars have retired following spectacular accidents, the remaining Audi fights a dramatic battle for overall victory with the three Peugeot 908 cars ? which the Audi trio ultimately decides in its favor with a narrow margin of 13 seconds. The film captures the entire drama of the fourth-narrowest running of the Le Mans 24 Hours ? with intimate insights into the team of Audi Sport and breath-taking pictures.
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Crash Ferrari F458 - Amazing crash car Ferrari and Toyota - Le Mans [Live]
Amazing Accident crash cars between Ferrari F458 and Toyota racing circuit of Le Mans 24 Hours 2012. Huge accidents between drivers Anthony Davidson and Toyota TS083 Pierguiseppe Perazzini on No 8 and No 83 Ferrari F458 on the world circuit of Le Mans Sarthe 2012.
Enorme crash cars entre la Toyota TSO83 et la Ferrari f458 racing au circuit des 24 heures du Mans 2012. Énorme accident entre les pilotes Anthony davidson et Pierguiseppe Perazzini sur Toyota TS083 N°8 et Ferrari F458 N° 83 sur le circuit mondial de la sarthe édition du Mans 2012.
Huge crash cars racing course : 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012 :
crash Ferrari F458 Italia N°83:Perrazini
crash Toyota TS083 N° 8: Anthony Davidson
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Le Mans - 1972 - Jo Bonnier fatal crash
Jo Bonnier was involved in an accident on the straight between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis at Le Mans in 1972 when his open-top Lola-Cosworth T280 collided with a Ferrari Daytona driven by a Swiss amateur driver Florian Vetsch. His car was catapulted into the trees and he was killed. Fellow racer Vic Elford saw the Ferrari burning furiously, and pulled his Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 over to the right side of the track and ran across the track to the Ferrari, opening the door, attempting to get Vetsch out. But Vetsch had already gotten out of the car and was on the side of the track where Elford had parked his Alfa. Elford saw Vetsch and then saw the wreckage of Bonnier's yellow Lola in the woods next to the track. According to Elford, the last he saw of Bonnier's Lola was that it was "spinning into the trees like a helicopter". Elford later handed off his Alfa to Helmut Marko, but the gearbox froze solid and they dropped out of the race. Elford later said "it was the first time in my racing career I'm glad my car broke."
F1 - 1967 Monaco GP - Lorenzo Bandini fatal crash
In May 1967 Bandini was racing at the Monaco Grand Prix, running second to Denny Hulme on the 82nd lap, when he lost control of his car at the harbour chicane. He had just entered an S-turn when his Ferrari's left rear wheel hit the guard rail, sending him into an erratic skid. It impacted a light pole and overturned. The car hit straw bales which lined the harbour side, rupturing the fuel tank, and sparks ignited the fuel as the car rolled over, with Bandini trapped beneath it. Marshals flipped his car upright and pulled Bandini, unconscious, out from the flaming Ferrari. It is thought that, during the effort to right the overturned car, gasoline leaked on the hot brake line or the Exhaust pipe and exploded. A second fire occurred when the gas tank exploded after Bandini had been pulled away from the Ferrari.
Bandini's burns were extensive, with third degree burns covering more than 70% of his body. The worst burns were on his arms and legs with slight burns on his face. Doctors were forced to wait for twenty-four to forty-eight hours before resolving to move Bandini to a hospital in Lyon, France, which specialized in the treatment of burns. Other options considered, by the doctors, were flying in skin grafts from Italy or a specialist burns unit team from East Grinstead in England. The burns caused severe lesions. He also sustained a chest wound and ten chest fractures.
Three days later, Bandini succumbed to his injuries. He died at Princess Grace Polyclinic Hospital in Monte Carlo. There were concerns about the promptness of Bandini's rescue. However, investigators from the Principality of Monaco ruled on 10 May "that the security operation had functioned properly." The straw bales, having been banned from all Formula 1 races in response to the accident, were replaced by an extended guard-rail the following year.
Bandini was buried in Reggiolo on 13 May. 100,000 people attended the funeral.
Mark Webber talks about 1999 Le Mans flip
Both Mark Webber and Peter Dumbreck flipped their Mercedes CLR-GT1s during practice for the 1999 Le Mans 24 hour race. Eleven years later Webber has flipped again after his Red Bull gave him wings at the 2010 European GP: http://www.ausmotive.com/2010/06/27/mark-webbers-spectacular-crash-at-european-gp.html
Allan McNish's massive accident, le Mans 24h 2011 (HD)
Allan Mcnish had a massive crash during the 1st hour of the Le Mans 24h race. He tried to pass his teammate Timo Bernhard (Audi R18) but Anthony Beltoise (Ferrari) didn't see him and this is the result...
The video can be view in High Definition and you can also hear the track commentator getting scared as hell.
HUGE Peugeot Le Mans FLYING Crash
Marc Gene is involved in a huge crash at the pretest of the 2008 Le Mans, with his Peugeot 908 HDI. He crashed with incredible 270 km/h (168,75 m/h)!
Marc was luckily almost unharmed after the crash. He only broke a toe. But the car, did never race again...
Allan McNish Talks Racing Skills - SHAKEDOWN
Don't let the 33 minute length scare you away. This is the real deal. Le Mans winner Allan McNish sits down with Leo Parente to openly discuss Audi racing, the 2012 R18 Ultra, R18 e-tron quattro, and the skills that define the way he drives, races, and wins.
