Ferrari flips on M621

Ferrari flips on M621

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Evoluzione

Original Poster:

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242 months

Tuesday 19th January 2021
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andburg

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168 months

Tuesday 19th January 2021
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shock...500+bhp rwd car on wide skinny track capable tyres loses control on cold wet morning

aka

driver was a dick

LaurasOtherHalf

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195 months

Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Those wide skinny tyres eh?

Jimmy No Hands

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155 months

Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Hopefully not a customers on a road test from JCT.. wink

andburg

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Tuesday 19th January 2021
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
Those wide skinny tyres eh?
I hate using my phone in here....

fridaypassion

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227 months

Saturday 23rd January 2021
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Would not even be a news story of it wasn't for jealous police who always seem to have a boner for supercar drivers. If this was a fiesta it wouldn't be a discussion topic.

Very high performance cars and poor weather conditions can treat even the most skilful driver. I keep my stuff in the garage over the worst of the weather in winter but in the other hand people that use their cars every day are often championed on here. Can't win!

soxboy

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218 months

Sunday 24th January 2021
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Jimmy No Hands said:
Hopefully not a customers on a road test from JCT.. wink
I once test drove a Boxster S from JCT, was given full encouragement to 'see what she can do' on the M621. Wonder if there was similar here?

the tribester

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85 months

Sunday 24th January 2021
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fridaypassion said:
Would not even be a news story of it wasn't for jealous police who always seem to have a boner for supercar drivers. If this was a fiesta it wouldn't be a discussion topic.

Very high performance cars and poor weather conditions can treat even the most skilful driver. I keep my stuff in the garage over the worst of the weather in winter but in the other hand people that use their cars every day are often championed on here. Can't win!
The information came from Highways England.

fridaypassion

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Monday 25th January 2021
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It was posted on WYP's FB

Jimmy No Hands

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Thursday 11th February 2021
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soxboy said:
I once test drove a Boxster S from JCT, was given full encouragement to 'see what she can do' on the M621. Wonder if there was similar here?
I used to work there, believe me, the unofficial road test top speed was a very real thing. I won't print it here!

Evoluzione

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Friday 12th February 2021
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To be fair I can see both sides. I was taking a track car on NS2Rs down the M621 for mapping at RS recently and hit the stream crossing the '621, it completely disconnected with the tarmac skimming across it whilst I quietly shat myself. I did see it coming so neither accelerated, nor decelerated but still it was a bit scary.
Having local knowledge does help and you do know that Westbound has many areas like this, particularly (and worst of all) the water rushes across just as 3 lanes go into 2 at the top and it goes into a right hander.
It's not the best design of motorway.

On my way back up there was a rarer flood across the carriageway and then a very crumpled looking barrier to the left of it so you can see what's happened. The tyres on that ^ have plenty of grooves, but also if whoever it was had their foot down it's oversteered off when it's hit the water.