Will this buff out? lol There's the right way to tackle the infamous Corkscrew at Laguna Seca and then there's the way that puts your Ferrari 458 Italia into the catch fence and on its roof. Ryan Ockey recently gave the latter option a shot during the Ferrari Challenge at Mazda Raceway with predictable results. All of the safety equipment both in the car and at the track worked as intended, however, and the driver walked away with little more than a bruised ego. There are no solid reports as to what caused the flying Ferrari, but rumor has it there may have been a brake failure. Unfortunately, the 458 Italia had to be pulled from the gravel trap by a tow truck, which meant a long, painful slog downhill on the Italian exotic's roof. Check out two videos of the carnage and the rescue to see what we mean. Jump forward to two minutes in on the second clip to see things go downhill for Ockey. [video=youtube;MN_hXUSe-P4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_hXUSe-P4&feature=player_embedded[/video]
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This is common. It would be physically impossible to flip it over in the gravel trap; it will just keep sliding until it reaches an immovable surface (track).
I don't think that it really damaged anything by sliding it on the roof as you can see in the video. Here was last year's crash. It had a braking issue as well but was a driver error as well
To have sooooo much money you can take an F car to the track and beat the crap out of it. I can only dream.....
