Rare $3.4million Ferrari crashed at Snetterton

Rare $3.4million Ferrari crashed at Snetterton

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carmarthenf1

Original Poster:

129 posts

154 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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The drivers on the 'Rush' set are all contracted to 'Driving Wizards' run by Nikki Faulkner. The production company are being very cagey about the identity of the driver.

http://jalopnik.com/5906664/who-crashed-a-34-milli...

thunderbelmont

2,982 posts

223 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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carmarthenf1 said:
The drivers on the 'Rush' set are all contracted to 'Driving Wizards' run by Nikki Faulkner. The production company are being very cagey about the identity of the driver.

http://jalopnik.com/5906664/who-crashed-a-34-milli...
Mauro Pane.

Eric Mc

121,680 posts

264 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Doesn't look too badly damaged.

If you are going to crash a rare F1 Ferrari - do it this way -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRUd-Epu9iQ

Life Saab Itch

37,068 posts

187 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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carmarthenf1 said:
The drivers on the 'Rush' set are all contracted to 'Driving Wizards' run by Nikki Faulkner. The production company are being very cagey about the identity of the driver.

http://jalopnik.com/5906664/who-crashed-a-34-milli...
Niki Faulkner. Not Nikki.





Edited to add, I don't believe all the drivers are contracted through Niki either.

Would you like me to ring him and ask him?

Edited by Life Saab Itch on Wednesday 2nd May 10:54

EDLT

15,421 posts

205 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Meh. It will be fixed, it's not like it is the first time the car has been damaged.

Life Saab Itch

37,068 posts

187 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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EDLT said:
Meh. It will be fixed, it's not like it is the first time the car has been damaged.
Quite.

A week is a lifetime for a repair in racing terms. Some of the old boys still working on real race cars ( wink ) have the skills etc to see this right for Monaco.





Will Howard be filming at Monaco too?

chevronb37

6,471 posts

185 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Shame to see a T2 in a mess but it'll fix. Much better being used than sitting in a museum.

Eric Mc

121,680 posts

264 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Life Saab Itch said:
EDLT said:
Meh. It will be fixed, it's not like it is the first time the car has been damaged.
Quite.

A week is a lifetime for a repair in racing terms. Some of the old boys still working on real race cars ( wink ) have the skills etc to see this right for Monaco.





Will Howard be filming at Monaco too?
They'd have to make some drastic changes to the background scenery to make it look like 1976.

Life Saab Itch

37,068 posts

187 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Eric Mc said:
They'd have to make some drastic changes to the background scenery to make it look like 1976.
But the track shape is pretty much (give or take the chicane aftyer the tunnel and reprofiling St Devote) the same lay out as it changed to in 1973.

XG332

3,927 posts

187 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Doesn't look bad at all. Nothing major atleast.
Look at the damage from the btcc last weekend for example.

Eric Mc

121,680 posts

264 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Life Saab Itch said:
Eric Mc said:
They'd have to make some drastic changes to the background scenery to make it look like 1976.
But the track shape is pretty much (give or take the chicane aftyer the tunnel and reprofiling St Devote) the same lay out as it changed to in 1973.
They'd have to change all the advertising, the dress sense of the crowd, take away all the chain link debris fencing and most of the kerbing along the footpaths.
The yachts in the harbour were also quite different back then and some of the older buildings have been replaced.

I'm sure they could do a lot of that with CGI but the look of the place has changed quite a bit since 1976.

AWRacing

1,706 posts

224 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Good to see it being used rather than just sitting in a museam gathering dust.

Northern Munkee

5,354 posts

199 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Eric Mc said:
They'd have to change all the advertising, the dress sense of the crowd, take away all the chain link debris fencing and most of the kerbing along the footpaths.
The yachts in the harbour were also quite different back then and some of the older buildings have been replaced.

I'm sure they could do a lot of that with CGI but the look of the place has changed quite a bit since 1976.
The CGI is at such a level these days, it's eminently doable. If you've ever seen the behind the scenes doc on the making of Gareth Edwards Monsters feature film (he has a speciality on inserting road signs and backgrounds into his shots) that were not there, done on a (admittedly powerful) home PC, with a studio budget, I don't think Howard would have taken the gig on without thinking this all through.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

realjv

1,111 posts

165 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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chevronb37 said:
Shame to see a T2 in a mess but it'll fix. Much better being used than sitting in a museum.
driving its what they were made to dothumbup

Eric Mc

121,680 posts

264 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Northern Munkee said:
Eric Mc said:
They'd have to change all the advertising, the dress sense of the crowd, take away all the chain link debris fencing and most of the kerbing along the footpaths.
The yachts in the harbour were also quite different back then and some of the older buildings have been replaced.

I'm sure they could do a lot of that with CGI but the look of the place has changed quite a bit since 1976.
The CGI is at such a level these days, it's eminently doable. If you've ever seen the behind the scenes doc on the making of Gareth Edwards Monsters feature film (he has a speciality on inserting road signs and backgrounds into his shots) that were not there, done on a (admittedly powerful) home PC, with a studio budget, I don't think Howard would have taken the gig on without thinking this all through.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
So am I.

chevronb37

6,471 posts

185 months

Thursday 3rd May 2012
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realjv said:
chevronb37 said:
Shame to see a T2 in a mess but it'll fix. Much better being used than sitting in a museum.
driving its what they were made to dothumbup
Exactly!

thunderbelmont

2,982 posts

223 months

Thursday 3rd May 2012
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chevronb37 said:
Shame to see a T2 in a mess but it'll fix. Much better being used than sitting in a museum.
I'm sure it'll be sent to Maranello, and re-appear pristine. As they tend to.



heightswitch

6,316 posts

249 months

Friday 4th May 2012
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Crashing is a good thing as far as manufacturers go...Thats where the real money is earned!!

carmarthenf1

Original Poster:

129 posts

154 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/ingear/...

It's in the Sunday Times now. Not much point to trying to hide it now.

Alfanatic

9,339 posts

218 months

Sunday 6th May 2012
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thunderbelmont said:
I'm sure it'll be sent to Maranello, and re-appear pristine. As they tend to.
Probably not in a week though. I also wonder if the engine has taken any damage, it does look like the side pod took a knock and has been pushed in a bit .