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Top Gear “professional” crashes Lambo

Top Gear “professional” crashes Lambo

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Another staff member from the BBC’s Top Gear program has had a high-speed crash, this time spinning out a Lamborghini Murcielago. The UK’s Mirror reports that the driver, described as “a professional” spun the car out on the show’s test track at a rain-soaked runway in Dunsfold Park, Surrey.

Onlookers said "the driver just lost control in the bad weather” and that the car was “spinning rapidly before skidding off the track and coming to a halt in a field. It looked pretty bashed up."

This comes just months after the famous 288mph crash by co-host Richard Hammond in a Vampire dragster, and can’t be good for the show, which is already drawing fire for its attitude towards speed and risk-taking stunts. The only official word so far from the BBC was that "a car did spin off a runway during a test run. The driver was unhurt and nobody was in danger at any time."



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Comments (3)

  1. By Azazelo Posted: 11/21/2006 2:07pm PST

    If at all it was a rainy day, any driver be it a professional or not , will know that Pelting a Car on High Speeds could spell Doom for him.
    Ridiculous machines...Сar joke.
     
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  2. By Soundsession Posted: 11/24/2006 8:58am PST

    Well, that happened about a hundred times before. Worst that can happen is the car having some dents. There are no solid objects near the test track. I suggest not to make such a big deal out of it. I alsp think the word 'crash' is not appropriate for a simple 'spin out'.
     
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  3. By VilleVallaton Posted: 11/27/2006 1:58am PST

    Quite funny that this article is hinting some of the top gear people arent "professional". Now notice that this is coming from Motor Authority...

    Is this really even newsworthy stuff? Crashing on grass? Ow! how dramatic! I dont think I saw any news about hammond really crashing a suv on a hillclimbing segment a couple of years ago. Oh yeah thats right, NOBODY CARED THEN, NOBODY CARES NOW. Start making stories if clarkson chokes on a pie, then I might be interested.
     
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