https://youtu.be/FzM7Znjuhnk

Crash barrier very ineffective.

His driving was baba... Never mind the track

Oh dear.

That won't polish out.

 

I bet it was slow motion for the driver at the time  :peek:

Doesn't deserve to be driving such a nice car.

Tool

You lot are a bit judgemental given all you can see is the final moments. I'm guessing you're all Jason Plato then?

It will T-Cut out

1st owner. Accident free. 20.000 £

I hope he has track day insurance, is motorsport or competition use is not covered in any standard policy.

he might need 2 touch up brush kits.

You lot are a bit judgemental given all you can see is the final moments. I'm guessing you're all Jason Plato then?

No, but this chap doesn't even look as if he turned in to the corner.

No, but this chap doesn't even look as if he turned in to the corner.

 

i agree, however it is difficult to tell if he does have the wheels turned at all. There is more to this i think than meets the eye. It is strange that some one would drive strait into a barrier not even attempting to turn, or the car has catastrophic under-steer in other words he was going to fast for the bend.

You lot are a bit judgemental given all you can see is the final moments. I'm guessing you're all Jason Plato then?

 

I thought that was Jason Plato!

Interesting car plates were removed before drive.

He rammed strait into barrier! Ther's breaking path. Another shot in this video.

Hope he had insurance for race. If not repair cost could be half of price of new car.

Edited 24 February, 201610 yr by Croat

The six minute  video link from Croat - the whole event looks like a Skoda-sponsored hill climb, time trial or similar.

Skoda probably provided cars for drivers to try, all good PR. The VRS was likely one such motor, hence the lack of number plates. They'll write it off as part of the risk and cost of the publicity.

Edited 24 February, 201610 yr by FlyingGecko

Yes you're probably right.

Just to clear up this whole insurance nonsense.

Insurance in EU countries (with the exception of Ireland and UK) insures the car, not the driver. Any person can drive any car as long as it has insurance. They also don't care where you park it, how many miles you're doing, will it be on a track, will you be letting your grandmother sit in with a roll of carpet etc.

 

The car will be insured on its VIN code and the insurance will repair it (airbags didnt deploy). 

 

UK insurance is pure insanity compared to the rest of the world but hey, that's what happens when you let the insurance buros buy the government. 

Edited 24 February, 201610 yr by lulzyboy

 

 

UK insurance is pure insanity compared to the rest of the world

 

That part of your comment I fully agree with!

Not so sure about state you can drive races on track with standard insurance.

Not being funny...considering how fast he went off and what he hit the car really doesnt look that badly damaged....doesnt even look like the engine bay is particularly deformed or the airbags deployed.

Wouldnt have done it alot of good but Id wager its been fixed and is back on the road.

I had a £12k VW Polo which cost in excess of 8k to fix following being hit whilst stationary by someone breaking down from around 50mph....the insurance company fixed it....it was never quite the same (and I was furious for ages it didnt get written off) but we ran it for two more years and traded it with a main dealer no problem.

New cars are alot more resilent than they were a few years back.

Why yes the damage doesn't look beyond repair.

 

My mechanic told me his neighbour was drunk and crashed his 1 month old Octavia directly in traffic light column. Insurance didn't pass as he was driving drunk. Cost hem almost half a price he paid for it to repair the car. Idiot, hope he learned his lesson.

Just to clear up this whole insurance nonsense.

Insurance in EU countries (with the exception of Ireland and UK) insures the car, not the driver. Any person can drive any car as long as it has insurance. They also don't care where you park it, how many miles you're doing, will it be on a track, will you be letting your grandmother sit in with a roll of carpet etc.

The car will be insured on its VIN code and the insurance will repair it (airbags didnt deploy).

UK insurance is pure insanity compared to the rest of the world but hey, that's what happens when you let the insurance buros buy the government.

it's not nonsense to go blasting round a race track on a standard policy in any country that I know of. This is why insurence companys have been known to secretly film cars at track days, to stop people who have damaged the cars from claiming it's happened on the public highway. Also your correct that that car is insured in the EU but there are stipulations regarding young drivers. Also it probably works out more expensive for one age group, if you can insure a Ferrari 599 then let an 18 year old drive it.

Also do you expect if you kill some one on the race track the insurence company will pay? Or injure. There is more to insurence than the car.

Also I checked with a mate who is Swiss and your correct about the car being insured but not for motor sport, so to say the whole europe is also *******s

Edited 24 February, 201610 yr by Alpha2110

Just to clear up this whole insurance nonsense.

Insurance in EU countries (with the exception of Ireland and UK) insures the car, not the driver. Any person can drive any car as long as it has insurance. They also don't care where you park it, how many miles you're doing, will it be on a track, will you be letting your grandmother sit in with a roll of carpet etc.

 

The car will be insured on its VIN code and the insurance will repair it (airbags didnt deploy). 

 

UK insurance is pure insanity compared to the rest of the world but hey, that's what happens when you let the insurance buros buy the government.

Also can you expand on insurance companies buy the government? Is there some conspiracy where the tory party are taking back handers from direct line. Rofl