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Video: Driftmeister barrel rolls his Ford rally car on Rally Portugal shakedown
Ken Block has smashed his WRC Fiesta during the first stage of the Rally of Portugal.
The video below shows how the driftmeister clips something while sliding through the corner before barrel-rolling three times in the air, landing on the roof.
Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino emerged unscathed but were later taken to hospital for checks, while his WRC Fiesta...well, you can see the state of it below.
Chin up, Ken.
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InnerGearHead commented on this article
at 11:25 am on 25 March 2011
Thats gotta hurt...
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Lamborgboy commented on this article
at 12:02 pm on 25 March 2011
that's a big crash even by rally standards
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abrli commented on this article
at 12:27 pm on 25 March 2011
any really successful drivers are all a bit lunatic at the wheel, and all of them have had really bad crashes. think senna, rossi, loeb, hamilton etc etc
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sweetlizard commented on this article
at 12:54 pm on 25 March 2011
How Block is doing in the WRC? I know he's pretty good at controlling his car in a "known" environnement but I guess he's been a bit "ambitious but rubbish" so far... Hope he'll be ok, it's nice to see new faces to WRC... especially some which can make it more popular.
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DieselDaze commented on this article
at 01:14 pm on 25 March 2011
I don't think that will polish out. Glad to see everyone was ok.
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