Try Not To Cry As A Ferrari 250 GTO Smashes Into The Tyre Wall At Goodwood
We post this video completely in the knowledge that there are worse things happening in the world, but the sight of a very rare Ferrari 250 GTO/64 racer suffering an ugly crash while on track at Goodwood should leave you struggling for breath.
The GTO, piloted by Andy Newall, was leading the qualifying standings ahead of a race at the Goodwood Revival over the weekend, when the driver was forced to take evasive action after a certain Chris Harris of Top Gear and that Ferrari 458 video fame braked earlier than expected for Woodcote.
Newall was attempting to take the inside line, but as Harris closed the door the speed differential was too great to scrub off with the (very) old brakes, and rather than take two cars out, Newall steered away and off the track, causing significant damage to the rear corner and all down the right hand side.
The owner can probably afford to get it repaired, to be honest, so we won’t cry for him. We can’t help shedding a tear for the poor car, though. At least the bill is likely to be a lot cheaper than the invoice for the special LaFerrari Aperta that sold at auction over the weekend…
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SteveBuscemi
happy its being used I guess
It’s like watching a stock market crash
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It certainly does hurt seeing such an expensive legend getting binned… but its great to see such legends are still being used for the purpose they were originally built for rather than just tucking them away in a garage for mellinials and then selling them at auctions for 8 figures.
Kudos to the owner for allowing the machine to stretch its legs the way its suppose to! 😃👏👏👏
In this unfortunate case, however, its legs got broken.
Driver without hands? So you can see it yourself… http://viralvideo.pl/l/zfj8oAW9hC
Sad. But being thrashed around the track and being revved with glory is good, they can be rebuilt and repaired too. But locking it up in basement is not…
Wizard prang!
I’m happy that it go to race and such but seeing it get damaged is sad
Flux(7.0) nooooo!!!!issa GTO!
Nah, not really sad, these cars are indeed rare and expensive but for the cars, they’ve suffered the same kinds of things in the past. The GTO crawling back after the crash is like an old brawler breaking his wrist in a fist fight and telling his young pupil with a smirk “Don’t worry about it kiddo, these fists have seen much worse back in the day!” And I’m sure it’ll be restored by next year
Very nice way to put it lol
‘the speed differential was too great’
What’s a speed differential?
Difference in speed between two objects
Nooooooooooooo😪
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