Paul Bailey's 918 Spyder involved in crash at motor show
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Can't find confirmation whether it's actually Pauls car... Why would it be in Malta?
Anyway, heart goes out to the casualties. Hope the injuries are minor.
http://gtspirit.com/2015/10/04/10-injured-after-po...
Anyway, heart goes out to the casualties. Hope the injuries are minor.
http://gtspirit.com/2015/10/04/10-injured-after-po...
Schermerhorn said:
As for Bailey, I hope he well and truly effs off now, smug prick.
I struggle to understand why you'd want someone who puts so much of their own time and sweat into charity to eff off. Whether he's a smug prick or not, at least he's trying to do his bit.As with everyone else, I hope the news about the child making a recovery is true.
cayman-black said:
flemke said:
It appears that you have deleted your previous post. Probably a good idea considering how ill-advised it was.
In my experience with P. Bailey, he is a guy who, unlike many wealthy people, appreciates how lucky he is to be in that position. He is mad-keen on cars, and he tries to share his enthusiasm with others.
If you think that people such as he do charity events to bolster their own egos, think again. Charity events are usually an expensive pain in the neck. In return for the expense and hassle, the only reward that one gets is from sharing one's good luck with others and bringing smiles to the faces of complete strangers with whom one's link is a passion for motor cars.
Paul appears to have made a driving error here, unfortunately at the wrong place and time. I too have made driving errors.
Have you never made a driving error?
I do not know the guy , but have to agree with above i think that its great that he shows and shares these special cars with strangers. Accidents do and will always happen.In my experience with P. Bailey, he is a guy who, unlike many wealthy people, appreciates how lucky he is to be in that position. He is mad-keen on cars, and he tries to share his enthusiasm with others.
If you think that people such as he do charity events to bolster their own egos, think again. Charity events are usually an expensive pain in the neck. In return for the expense and hassle, the only reward that one gets is from sharing one's good luck with others and bringing smiles to the faces of complete strangers with whom one's link is a passion for motor cars.
Paul appears to have made a driving error here, unfortunately at the wrong place and time. I too have made driving errors.
Have you never made a driving error?
These guys are talking a lot of sense.
Ultimately what is done is done. There was no malice, I don't think the driving was reckless (considering they were chiefly there to thrill and impress, for charity) and everyone was doing this in the best interests of charity. If Paul (or anyone) knew this was going to happen, I'm sure it would never have taken place, or the layout of the track would have been different, the barriers would have been stronger etc. Imagine the guilt and embarrassment Paul (and the organisers) are feeling right now. Its easy in hindsight to spot weakpoints + dangers which are now blindingly obvious, but clearly they weren't obvious enough before the accident happened for someone to turn round and go "hang on a minute guys".
Lessons must be learnt and future events can be made safer from these lessons. But scapegoating is not going to achieve anything.
Gazzab said:
Suspect that the event hosts will have public liability insurance for accident related claims. However I suspect that the accident investigation conclusions will define who is liable for the claims by those injured etc I assume Paul Bailey will be insured and that this policy will, at least, cover the costs of car damage.
Moving the subject over to the car itself... is it likely it will be repaired?Surely it takes a LOT to write off a £800,000 car. I appreciate it is a limited edition car filled with ultra high-tech materials and uber expensive bespoke technology, but even if the repair bill was £200-300k, surely the underwriters will deem it viable to repair.
Or perhaps at that level of insurance the policy holder has scope to say "No repairs, even if economical. Pay out please".
Everyone is familiar with how many times Rowan Atkinson's old F1 had been crashed and was economical to repair! And the pictures looked a lot worse than how Paul's 918 looks.
Will be interesting to see.
Gazzab said:
Guys I dont care about his car, his business interests, his money, his personality, his like or dislike for publicity, his planning issues etc He and others have sustained injuries, I just hope they can all recover well from them.
I couldn't agree more. I don't think there is a single person in this thread who hasn't expressed similar concern or wouldn't agree with you (regardless what side of the PB fence they sit).Gassing Station | Motoring News | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff