Mercedes CLR-GTR Lemans Flip

A Mercedes CLR-GTR lifts up and backflips repeatedly at the 24 hours of Lemans in France.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• lemans
• clkgtr
• mercedes
• flip
• car

[Blacklist94]

holy shit.

how did that happen?

[sidewalk4004]

air gets under the car and it goes up

[Blacklist94]

what do you mean?

like is it cause of the speed that caused air going under the car, lifting it up?

[sidewalk4004]

Well yes I guess. Probably a problem with the setup, but yes thats basicly it. There was just too much air directed under it.

[Spyker88]

sidewalk4004, this is the CLR, not the GTR.

[sidewalk4004]

thanks, i have ignored anyone else who said it is

[bringonthe12]

5.4.3.2.1.0. houston we have liftoff. LOL

[farodealer]

@NuxingFutz That was Peter Dumbreck. Webber went in qualifying and morning warm up. i actually saw the accident as I was about 100 yeards from it. After the 2 Webber flips Merc installed small winglets on the front of the car. One was knocked off on the previous lap and the draft from the Toyota interrupted the airflow and caused the flip. the Mercedes had been porpoising all through practice but looked better during the race until the accident

[yippitydodah]

ooopla

[zooyorkchild45]

WHOOOAAAAAA leave it to German engineering to fuck up on the aerodynamics

[eatordie94]

it's just like a sheet of paper XD

[Sprebound]

@N1ceGuyEdd1e How'd the moon get there? Tide goes in, tide goes out...can't explain that

[jsizzle711]

first ever landed quad cork?

[kjbrooks2010]

@sidewalk4004 was that car in front of the clk the toyota gt-one

[DrJCCC20]

isnt this y the cars have big fins now??

[NuxingFutz]

Only Mark Webber could survive that..

[Couldburdaddy28]

that was one of the problems with the clk gtr, it had a tendency to flip at high speeds...