Dead enzo

[VIPFREAK]

That car ain't gonna be "flying" around anymore...

 

[Young_Warrior]

He survived, although the video you're thinking of wasn't Mark Webber, I am not sure who it was, but he survived the crash. That was a damaging aerodynamic flaw for the MB CLR team, and these crazy backflips occured three times for them at LeMans. Here's a good writeup (and good LM site) that goes into more detail about the flaws of this, and the Porsche GT1, which had a similar crash at Petit-LeMans.

Webber's morning warm-up incident, Le Mans 1999:

Didnt a porsche flip too and lemans actually fixed that part of the track where the dip was.

 

[retsmah]

How can CF be strong yet Tube frames can absorb more energy. In general that makes tube frames stronger. As in stronger that it will protect you.

Strength and the amount of energy a material can absorb are two different things. Which way is better depends on a lot of different factors.

 

[xcsti]

Didnt a porsche flip too and lemans actually fixed that part of the track where the dip was.

I think the porsche rolled, or maybe that was a bmw. I know I remember reading about one rolling because of a loss in downforce coupled with crosswinds.

 

[eliseracer]

It backflipped once, overrotated slightly, that was at Road Atlanta at the '98 Petite Le Mans. It was a Porsche GT98.

 

[amp88]

It backflipped once, overrotated slightly, that was at Road Atlanta at the '98 Petite Le Mans. It was a Porsche GT98.

http://www.968.net/images/images/FlyingPorsche.mpeg

 

[Zardoz]

Video of the third CLR flip at Le Mans '99 here:

http://www.planetofspeed.com/Video/video.htm

Pure luck kept him from hitting a tree. This was the most miraculous escape of the three flips.

(Right-click to save any of those vids to your HD.)

Edit: Sound version here:

http://www.motorpride.com/VideoGallery/?SiteID=1