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Video: Peugeot 908 Hdi hits the wall at over 120 mph

Moses7 · 2008-06-05 18:15:16

Last weekend at the 24 hours of Le Mans driver Marc Gene lost control of Peugeot 908 Hdi and hit the wall at over 120 mph. It seems that the car caught some air underneath and lost control and ended up flying towards the wall. The good news is that the driver is ok and was even able to walk away from what was left of the…

05-06-2008 6:15pm

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Moses7

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Last weekend at the 24 hours of Le Mans driver Marc Gene lost control of Peugeot 908 Hdi and hit the wall at over 120 mph.
It seems that the car caught some air underneath and lost control and ended up flying towards the wall.
The good news is that the driver is ok and was even able to walk away from what was left of the car and will be racing again soon.

Click here to see the video of the crash

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#2 05-06-2008 8:01pm

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Very lucky to walk from that. Remember the mercs at Le Mans?

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#3 05-06-2008 9:44pm

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BostonB wrote: »

Very lucky to walk from that. Remember the mercs at Le Mans?

this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3rxq7U1mA

Wow!

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#4 05-06-2008 10:19pm

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There was a couple before that too. Theres an in car camera shot somewhere of that too.

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#5 05-06-2008 10:28pm

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That is nuts, looks like car spins and the spoiler with air passing over it backwards becomes a wing :eek:

As for the merc video, never seen that video before, that's just crazy too!

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#6 07-06-2008 9:52am

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Peugeot - The drive of your life

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