hamspeed Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 For those of you who didn't catch it on Sunday, Latvala, crashed heavily on Friday’s third stage, his Focus RS plunging over a roadside barrier and rolling 20 times down a hillside, eventually coming to rest 150 metres from the road. Incredibly Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila escaped without injury. “I'd like to say a big thank you to the team for building a car that is so strong that we walked away with only a few bruises,” said Jari-Matti. “If we had suffered that accident 20 years ago, we probably wouldn't be alive. “It is definitely the biggest and the hardest crash I have ever had. I didn’t realise what was happening until we started to roll. It’s a nightmare feeling when you are in that situation because all you can do is wait. As we rolled there was an incredible noise and the roll cage started to fold in around us. It was very frightening,” he added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicksy Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Bloody hell.Good job the cage was strong lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 that was a scary one, only gone over twice in a roll and it seams like a eternity could just imagine how long it felt like to continue rolling for over 10 times, a credit to the strength of modern wrc machinery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Now that's how you right a car off...Bet he's sick of the T-Cut jokes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt86 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 F**k me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 quality roll cage there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Shite bricks brown trouser moment there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie_Si Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) Bludy hell! Just goes to show how well machined the rally cars of today actually are, especially with neither the driver or co-driver getting injured! Edited April 18, 2009 by Richie_Si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmetallica Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 a a a a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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