Team-BHP - Markko's Crash

Did anybody see the pics of Markko Martins horrible crash last week? Poor guy crashed his Focus at abt 170kph flat out. Infact I think he hit a rock during a jump.

Worst thing is the crash was so bad that his helmet cracked. The guy is seeing stars....im not kidding he is seeing double now. Markkos crash

Hope he gets well soon

cheers!
Tom

yeah it was a real bad crash hope he gets ok for finland, i think he has already withdrawn for some other rallies which were before Finland, i think he is still getting double vision, but i hope to see him in Finland

heres something to tell you about Markko's situation

Ford awaits Martin verdict
22 Jul, 11:00

Markko Martin&#8217;s participation in two forthcoming rallies in Finland could hinge on a test session at the end of next week.

The Estonian Ford driver&#8217;s vision will take some weeks to recover fully from his massive Rally of Argentina crash last Friday, but the preliminary conclusions of two specialists at the Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford are that he is fit to drive and should be able to contest the Rally Finland.

At present, the plan is that Martin takes part in a Ford test in Finland , then decides whether he wishes to participate in the Pirelli Rally, a warm-up event based in Tampere, at the weekend. The World Championship round starts on August 6.

tht was one bad crash,cudnt recognize the car even!bad day at the office for solberg,gronholm and others.donno why did solbergs subaru succumb this way.good rally for the mitsubishi team as well, managed to score points but wt a rally for sainz the man has become the most successful rally driver ever at 42 years, 26 rally wins in all. kudos to the gr8 man!!

Hey Tom,

Thanks for the video link, it didnt work the first try but it did the 2nd time.

However the video is REALLY jerky..... is that happening to anyone else?? (no its not my computer being slow..its a different kinda jerky)

cya
R

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Quote[/b] (Rehaan @ Aug. 02 2004,01:16)]Hey Tom,

Thanks for the video link, it didnt work the first try but it did the 2nd time.

However the video is REALLY jerky.....

Hey Rehaan
I've got it on my hard disk, recorded from AXN. BTW, not just the crash, the coverage of the entire rally.

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Quote[/b] (Tom @ July 23 2004,17:11)]Infact I think he hit a rock during a jump.

I think everone would know this by now, but for those who still didn't catch the vid: Tom's right, he _did_ hit a rock. Apparently he took the wrong line (not a first for Markko [no offence intended to his fans here]), and a rock hit the underbody protection at the *rear end, sending the poor fellows into a horrible end-over-end tumble. He took the jump from the extreme right side of the road; later footage shows Sainz taking it from the extreme left.

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Quote[/b] (oversteer @ Aug. 20 2004,16:57)]

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Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Rehaan @ Aug. 02 2004,01:16)]Hey Tom,

Thanks for the video link, it didnt work the first try but it did the 2nd time.

However the video is REALLY jerky.....

Hey Rehaan
I've got it on my hard disk, recorded from AXN. BTW, not just the crash, the coverage of the entire rally.

Hey man,

Thats awesome...thanks. (sorry i missed this post earlier!)
I have PMd you my MSN d so maybe u cld snip just the crash and send it to me (lets see what the filesize is)

cheers
R

Hey Rehaan,
Thy will be done... look out for a mysterious package in your emailbox tomorrow morning

If the Feds ask you where you got it, I don't exist. Markko is a government expirement gone wrong. WRC is a conspiracy, etc. etc.