Hello,

thanks to Pascal Pierart (the photographer on french highway) he made one of the most incredible pics with a McLaren :) I was looking to find this pics since 2001 and he retrieves it !

here is the link of the post http://www.supercarfrance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=225295#225295

Enjoy :popcorn:

http://img20.imagevenue.com/loc340/th_23489_1_122_340lo.jpg (http://img20.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=23489_1_122_340lo.jpg)http://img166.imagevenue.com/loc395/th_23515_2_122_395lo.jpg (http://img166.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=23515_2_122_395lo.jpg)http://img165.imagevenue.com/loc564/th_23520_3_122_564lo.jpg (http://img165.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=23520_3_122_564lo.jpg)
http://pascalpierart.free.fr/

I can only see the f1 in the 2nd pic - Are the pics supposed to show us something that i am missing, or is it just a Mclaren on the highway?

Its a nice shot anyhoo :thumbsup: for the find!

Hello,

in fact, it is an accident ! On the first photo, you can see a man with a caravan !!! The F1 just missed the crash !

Pascal told me the pic was taken on may 25th, 1998.

Phil

Seems like it was a close miss! Top find BTW - any idea on the registration number or the chassis number? I cant quite make it out, i cant even say for sure if its a UK plate or not.....

Hello,

Pascal reads R66 MCL so the McLaren which escapes from a crash is ....

#059 :)

Phil

Hello,

Pascal reads R66 MCL so the McLaren which escapes from a crash is ....

#059 :)

Phil

Wow! Pre HDF kit, its a shame he didnt get the front to see if the headlights were changed to the square ones by the time the photo was taken

Hi,

Wow! Pre HDF kit, its a shame he didnt get the front to see if the headlights were changed to the square ones by the time the photo was taken

In fact, it was the day after the Monaco GP 1998 :) and Phil75 shot this F1 at Monaco and it had the square headlights ;) photos are on the net.

Phil

Hi,



In fact, it was the day after the Monaco GP 1998 :) and Phil75 shot this F1 at Monaco and it had the square headlights ;) photos are on the net.

Phil

Cool, i think i have that non HDF kit square headlight photo at home IIRC, i'll check when i get in

Cheers :thumbsup:

I do too but imageshack isn't working for me

here you go
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/604/1161844359fk81a85mv1ip3.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1161844359fk81a85mv1ip3.jpg)

Yeah, i have about 7 or 8 more from that set but thats the one

Yeah, i have about 7 or 8 more from that set but thats the one
are you going to post them all? i only have the 1 without the HDF kit but with the square headlights - go on, you know you want to :wink:

Yeah, i have about 7 or 8 more from that set but thats the one

Taken by Phil75 I think :) from www.supercarfrance.com again :)

Phil

are you going to post them all? i only have the 1 without the HDF kit but with the square headlights - go on, you know you want to :wink:

Dont worry, i've trawled through SCF.com and found them

What's so incredible about this pic? Each vehicle is in its own lane, so there is hardly any chance of an accident. From the subsequent pics, it is evident the caravan was already stationary, so it was not as if the F1 barely avoided being hit as the caravan crossed the lane divider.

Cool that he caught a McLaren on camera, but a very, very ordinary picture. Sorry.

The roadblock was obviously a plan to lure an F1 into a trap..."Don't worry, just get him within a half a mile and I'll be able to get super secret spy shots!"

I can picture some guy swinging from a radio antenna trying to balance a meter long telephoto lens in a 35 mph wind, 400 feet in the air and half a mile away.

(For you SI folks:
35mph = 56.3 km/h
400ft = 122 m
1/2 mile = 804 m)

What's so incredible about this pic? Each vehicle is in its own lane, so there is hardly any chance of an accident. From the subsequent pics, it is evident the caravan was already stationary, so it was not as if the F1 barely avoided being hit as the caravan crossed the lane divider.

Cool that he caught a McLaren on camera, but a very, very ordinary picture. Sorry.

I don't agree :( You are on a bridge on a highway, ok. You see a caravan in the middle of the lanes and which car arrrive on the accident ? A McLaren F1 ! imagine the probability one second ! It's a unique shot especially wsith #059 pre-HDF (rare pics) Notice the truck on the Highway emergency lane...

I add too the F1 is braking hard and probably drive with the Boxster...

Phil

Phil,

I think its a great pic, thank you and your friend for sharing :D