Fingers Crossed that this is not our friend Hespeus-997 GT2 crash in the Philippines
May 27, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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Fingers Crossed that this is not our friend Hespeus-997 GT2 crash in the Philippines Apprently the weather conditions changed rapidly while they were on a drive on north expressway. There is no way those MPSC's could survive in these wet conditions.
May 27, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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For those that don't want to search... from hespeus...
Yup, unfortunate incident yesterday, but all in all, it could have been a lot worse.
While I didn't see the car when the driver lost control, I was there within a few minutes, as I was several km's behind. Weather turned pretty bad suddenly, so everyone in the group slowed down and we were getting ready to turn back (continuing on the drive was pointless by then).
There was a tollway patrol car that happened to be parked right by the road when it happened. I spoke with the patrolman, and he said that the GT2 was not speeding, and the car just seemed to spin on its own. I'm guessing this was just a case of lots of standing water + GT2 on MPSC's = recipe for disaster. (Remember a few months back, one of the editors of CAR Magazine driving a GT3 on the highway in rain at around 70mph found himself upside down in a ditch when the car just spun without provocation)
It's also possible however that there was something else on the road. Shortly after the crash, an SUV did a full 360 degree spin, at almost the same spot that the GT2 lost it. The SUV actually came pretty close to wiping out one of the other cars in our group that had parked by the roadside to render assistance.
Could be a freak coincidence, but maybe there was oil or something else making that section extra treacherous. Who knows?
The car looked pretty bad at first, because the front bumper was pretty badly damaged, and the windshield cracked from the inside from where the passenger side airbag deployed. But aside from the crumpled hood, broken headlights, aircon condenser, and various other cooling items in the nose, it didn't seem to me that there was anything really seriously damaged (i.e., frame damage).
Got word later in the day from Porsche Philippines that they'd checked the car, and the chassis was luckily unscathed. Apart from the "soft" bits hanging off the front, and a misaligned bumper at the rear, the car is ok.
So... driver's ego bruised, and he now has a newfound respect (fear) of the car. Not a bad thing I suppose, when you own one of these brutes.
Most importantly, no one was injured, and the car of course will be fixed before long. Like I said, could have been worse.
TurboAWD, Candyman and others that do the NLEX run-- the section was shortly after the Tabang exit, and before Santa Rita exit. If its raining, maybe be extra careful...
While I didn't see the car when the driver lost control, I was there within a few minutes, as I was several km's behind. Weather turned pretty bad suddenly, so everyone in the group slowed down and we were getting ready to turn back (continuing on the drive was pointless by then).
There was a tollway patrol car that happened to be parked right by the road when it happened. I spoke with the patrolman, and he said that the GT2 was not speeding, and the car just seemed to spin on its own. I'm guessing this was just a case of lots of standing water + GT2 on MPSC's = recipe for disaster. (Remember a few months back, one of the editors of CAR Magazine driving a GT3 on the highway in rain at around 70mph found himself upside down in a ditch when the car just spun without provocation)
It's also possible however that there was something else on the road. Shortly after the crash, an SUV did a full 360 degree spin, at almost the same spot that the GT2 lost it. The SUV actually came pretty close to wiping out one of the other cars in our group that had parked by the roadside to render assistance.
Could be a freak coincidence, but maybe there was oil or something else making that section extra treacherous. Who knows?
The car looked pretty bad at first, because the front bumper was pretty badly damaged, and the windshield cracked from the inside from where the passenger side airbag deployed. But aside from the crumpled hood, broken headlights, aircon condenser, and various other cooling items in the nose, it didn't seem to me that there was anything really seriously damaged (i.e., frame damage).
Got word later in the day from Porsche Philippines that they'd checked the car, and the chassis was luckily unscathed. Apart from the "soft" bits hanging off the front, and a misaligned bumper at the rear, the car is ok.
So... driver's ego bruised, and he now has a newfound respect (fear) of the car. Not a bad thing I suppose, when you own one of these brutes.
Most importantly, no one was injured, and the car of course will be fixed before long. Like I said, could have been worse.
TurboAWD, Candyman and others that do the NLEX run-- the section was shortly after the Tabang exit, and before Santa Rita exit. If its raining, maybe be extra careful...
