Smashing start to V8's in Bahrain

[korrupt]

From the photo on the main page, it looks like the truck was carrying the HRT and FPV cars. Looks like the HRT cars stayed on the truck, while the FPV cars have come off.


Smashing start to V8 Supercar series

Stathi Paxinos
October 31, 2007 - 7:03PM

The Bahrain round of the V8s Supercar series got off to a smashing start today when several cars were damaged when a truck transporting them to the track was involved in an accident.

After the carnage of the last round on the Gold Coast, most teams would have been hoping for a smooth start to this round.

But it is believed that truck carrying Ford Performance Racing cars of Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards and the Holden Racing Team's cars of Mark Scaife and Todd Kelly were on the truck.

A V8 Supercars spokesman said he believed that the truck was cut off by a four-wheel drive as it neared the Bahrain International Circuit, where this week's round is being held.

It was not clear how much damage was done to the cars, but it is believed that one of the cars fell from the truck and another went into the back of the truck's cabin.

None of the cars belong to this year's championship contenders. The V8s championship has come down to a battle between Jamie Whincup (501), Garth Tander (492), Craig Lowndes (473) and Rick Kelly (466).

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/10/31/CARS_01.jpg

[Hamico]

I bet Coldbum and Richo are pissed........... looks like their cars copped the most damage, but I'm sure they are fixable, they can repair a much worse damaged car than this overnight.

Skaife and Kelly's cars look pretty much unscathed

[Mungrel]

damn, you'd be pissed hey!

[VTSSDUDE]

Geez, what's the go, Fords even crash even when they are not driving. :lmao:

[BossV8]

Probably some silly arab drifting in a Nissan Patrol

[Mungrel]

Probably some silly arab drifting in a Nissan Patrol

:rofl::rofl::rofl: I can picture it now!

[XLR8 V8]

....and another went into the back of the truck's cabin.

Obviously a quailty strapping job .... wonder if it's the same delivery company that recently delivered a Veyron?
http://dl.ziza.ru/other/082007/30/russia/99_russia_55023.jpg

[Mungrel]

:eek: I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover so to speak but omg :eek:

[VX_SS_II]

Geez, what's the go, Fords even crash even when they are not driving. :lmao:


Haha, nice one...

[korrupt]

Another photo from a different angle...

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/10/31/wbMOTORV8_wideweb__470x311,0.jpg

[mickeyVX350]

Winterbottom and Skaife's Cars copped the most damage according to The Age

Sorry not 'The Age', It was in our local paper...

[VX2VESS]

bloody 4wd driver same everywhere eh...cutting everyone off

[Dug]

I know this is slightly off topic, but How good do those race cars look without rear deck spoilers!

[VXS]

I know this is slightly off topic, but How good do those race cars look without rear deck spoilers!

you can tell this bloke owns a senator.......;)

[Mungrel]

I know this is slightly off topic, but How good do those race cars look without rear deck spoilers!

lol i reckon they look shit sorry :p


The 2nd angle is a better pic
It doesn't even look like the frames the cars are in was bolted to the truck deck :eek:

[Toddler78]

yeah I read the same they think that skaifes car substained the most damage and if the damage is extensive enough(damage to rollcage) then he may not be able to race.

Wonder who foots the bill for that one??????

[hoon69]

Amateurs at the least.
truck driver should of paid more attention with such a hefty amount of $$$$ on board.

thats gunna be costly for the transport mob if they are damaged.

i bet FPR HRT have a few "choice" words to say about this one.


The Bahrain round of the V8s Supercar series got off to a smashing start today when several cars were damaged when a truck transporting them to the track was involved in an accident.

After the carnage of the last round on the Gold Coast, most teams would have been hoping for a smooth start to this round.

But it is believed that truck carrying Ford Performance Racing cars of Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards and the Holden Racing Team's cars of Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly were on the truck.

A V8 Supercars spokesman said he believed that the truck was cut off by a four-wheel drive as it neared the Bahrain International Circuit, where this week's round is being held.

It was not clear how much damage was done to the cars, but it is believed that one of the cars fell from the truck and another went into the back of the truck's cabin.

None of the cars belong to this year's championship contenders. The V8s championship has come down to a battle between Jamie Whincup (501), Garth Tander (492), Craig Lowndes (473) and Rick Kelly (466).

It is believed FPR is facing a bill of about $25,000 to get the cars ready for the first practise session tomorrow (Thursday).

Winterbottom, who was stripped of a pole position last round at the Gold Coast because of a technical breach with this car, said he could not believe the team's run of recent bad luck.

"I don't know what can you do. I don't think they can do anymore damage to it than we can do (on a track) so I think we'll fix it and it'll be okay but it's just hard for the guys they've got to go to work before we even start," Winterbottom said.

"It's not the way you want to start a weekend but you've got to deal with it and fix it.

"When they said four cars have been damaged I knew that the way our luck's been going it would be ours and it was, so it's just a bad run we're having. The problem with these rounds is that you don't bring many spares so it goes into your pool of spares before you even start which is probably the biggest down side.

"It's frustrating and it's pretty annoying but there's nothing you can do, Being frustrated or whatever is not going to fix it. We rock up tomorrow and the car will be fixed so for me it's not really a big issue but for the guys (mechanics) I'm sure their pretty frustrated."

Skaife also had to take a pragmatic approach with his car having been repaired after substantial damage last round.

"This is not the way you want to start a weekend, repairing a car, especially after my team has worked its bum off getting it ready after Indy," Skaife said.


Originally Posted by FPR.com.au
Both FPR Falcons ready for the Desert 400 after freak transport accident
Thursday, November 1, 2007

The Desert 400 in Bahrain got off to a dramatic start for Ford Performance Racing (FPR) today, when the transporter carrying both FPR Falcons was involved in a road accident while taking the cars from the airport to the Bahrain International Circuit.

Despite initial reports that exaggerated the damage suffered by both FPR Falcons, the damage was purely panel related and cosmetic, with no mechanical damage whatsoever.

The accident took place at approximately 9:00am on the main multi-laned Bahrain Highway, when a motorist made a sudden U-Turn in front of the transporter carrying the FPR Falcons, forcing a brake lock and loss of control that saw both FPR Falcons fall to the left side of the truck, still strapped in their air frieght cradle.

The team was quick to send a number of crew members (who were waiting for the arrival of the cars at the circuit), to oversee and instruct the local emergency teams on the delicate process of re-loading of both cars onto another transporter.

This was successfully done with the use of a mobile crane which saw the main Bahrain Highway blocked to all traffic for more than one hour.

The same transporter carrying the FPR Falcons was also carrying the two HRT V8 Supercars, with Mark Skaife's car suffering the most damage of all the cars in the impact.

Both FPR Falcons are now in perfect condition and await the start of practice for the Desert 400 which starts today (Thursday) at 9:15pm EST (1:15pm local time). The Seven Network will broadcast all of the action from the Middle East, check local guides for more information.

Updates on FPR's progress in Bahrain, where the Prodrive team is defending its Desert 400 Champion status, will appear on this website throughout the event.


I guess as this is already a thread on bahrain this is the results thread then:

Thursday : Practice
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 5 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 36 34 1:25.3225
2 88 Team Vodafone Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 40 38 1:25.3268 0:00.0043
3 6 Ford Performance Racing Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 40 35 1:25.6296 0:00.3071
4 888 Team Vodafone Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 41 37 1:25.6947 0:00.3722
5 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 42 38 1:25.7331 0:00.4106
6 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 42 36 1:25.7387 0:00.4162
7 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 44 40 1:25.8170 0:00.4945
8 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 38 34 1:25.8287 0:00.5062
9 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 38 33 1:25.8504 0:00.5279
10 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 35 31 1:25.9061 0:00.5836
11 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 43 39 1:25.9379 0:00.6154
12 18 Jim Beam Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 41 32 1:26.0176 0:00.6951
13 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 39 32 1:26.1834 0:00.8609
14 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 38 36 1:26.2217 0:00.8992
15 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 45 40 1:26.3122 0:00.9897
16 021 Team Kiwi Racing Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon BF 44 42 1:26.3523 0:01.0298
17 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 44 39 1:26.3623 0:01.0398
18 51 Tasman Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 32 31 1:26.3634 0:01.0409
19 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 34 31 1:26.3650 0:01.0425
20 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 42 36 1:26.3992 0:01.0767
21 12 Team BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 43 40 1:26.4034 0:01.0809
22 10 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 42 27 1:26.4236 0:01.1011
23 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 39 35 1:26.4236 0:01.1011
24 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 36 32 1:26.4398 0:01.1173
25 20 Supercheap Auto Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 44 38 1:26.4926 0:01.1701
26 111 Glenfords Racing John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 39 32 1:26.7080 0:01.3855
27 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 41 40 1:26.8464 0:01.5239
28 14 Team BOC Simon Wills Ford Falcon BF 43 42 1:26.8984 0:01.5759
29 39 Team Sirromet Wines Owen Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 39 30 1:26.9764 0:01.6539
30 26 IRWIN Racing Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 43 40 1:26.9881 0:01.6656
31 50 Supercheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 4 1 1:32.7379 0:07.4154top 15 and bottom 15-16 so far ;) :smilesandbanana:

[pagey]

close up - thats a good lose right there.

http://www.v8supercar.com.au/v8data/2007/evnt_236/PHOTOS/PHITP_32675347.JPG


http://www.v8supercar.com.au/v8data/2007/evnt_236/PHOTOS/PHITP_32675346.JPG

[VooDoo]

Looks all cosmetic damage which is DAMN lucky.