According to reports, the driver managed to escape without inflicting any serious injuries.
This Porsche crash clip has two surprising aspects. This first one is the damage to this 962C racecar considering its speed at impact. The second is that the driver was not reported to have suffered any serious injuries. That’s an enormous deal for anyone who has ever driven the 962C. We’ll get to that later.
This video is from Auto Addiction and captures an event at Spa Francorchamps. Although we don’t know when or what the exact event was, it doesn’t really matter. The 962C was just passing Chicane, and was about to reach the finish line at the notorious track when its backside fell out. This sent the car nose-first into the wall. The Porsche’s front clip was completely destroyed. If that wasn’t enough, the sound of the bodywork snapping is a nightmare for enthusiasts. As the car came to rest on its front straight, the doors were even torn off.
The crash took place in a safe area, as there were no other cars around the 962 at the time. The impact footage shows the car being loaded onto the flatbed and a person – possibly the driver – picking up pieces from the wall. According to our information, the driver was speeding out of Chicane at the time the twin-turbocharged flat-6 accelerated like a wrecking ball. The engine revs up just before the rear brakes, and the engine is clearly visible. Although it appears slow, the camera can still see the action. Although it’s not a rapid impact, it’s likely to be at least 60 mph.
The Porsche 962 was first developed in the 1980s. It began racing in 1984. The Porsche 962 was heavily inspired by the 956 race car. Although the nose is longer and the steel roll cage is integrated, the cockpit wasn’t safe. Two years after setting the Nurburgring record for fastest 956C, Stefan Bellof, a legendary racer, was killed in an accident in a 962 in 1985. This happened two years after he had set it again in a 956C. The mark stood for 35 years. Ironically, Bellof’s fatal 962 accident also took place at Spa.
It is not known what will happen to this 962C. It is possible that the nose, which was valued at $1.2million, could be rebuilt. Between 1984 and 1991, only 91 of these noses were made.