Did I hear correctly that factory 818R crashed?

[ben1272]

Anyone know if this is correct and if so any details?

[07FIREBLADE]

When and where?

[Hobby Racer]

When I was at FFR on 5/21 to pickup my 818R, one of the staff did mention that they recently crashed the grey 818R. No other details were given.

[C.Plavan]

Surprising that they didn't share that...... Hope the driver was not hurt.

[Mitch Wright]

That was a while back, I believe they were testing in the wet or damp/drying track at Palmar MSP. Sounded like it was a minor incident but enough to end the day.

[ben1272]

I was kind of hoping that one of the guys from FFR might chime in and provide some details. Even if it was minor, I am curious about the details, was it mech failure or driver error, repairable, etc. Would be nice to know and in the absence of information mind gets more curious.

[Mitch Wright]

My understanding is was driver error and with changing track conditions the margin for error gets a lot smaller. Having been in the racing business in one fashion or another for 50 years now the one thing that never changes is "$hit happens in motorsports"