SR9 Crashes Out – 18th October 2005 - view full SR9 LMP2 details

The SR9 passed with flying colours the first part of the FIA crash test today. The carbon nose box was crashed into a solid wall at high speed. The test, carried out at Cranfield University, was filmed by a high-speed camera to enable Radical engineers to assess the impact.


Radical's Vincent Rassatt & Dominic Martin, mount the SR9 nose box on the sled.
Radical's Vincent Rassatt & Dominic Martin, mount the SR9 nose box on the sled.

Impact imminent.
The SR9 nose box mounted on the sled.
The SR9 nose box mounted on the sled.
The SR9 nose box mounted on the sled, being prepared.
The SR9 nose box mounted on the sled, being prepared.
The moment of impact.
The moment of impact.
The nose box absorbed all of the energy.
The nose box absorbed all of the energy.


 

 

 

 

Watch the crash test in this MPEG video clip -



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