Re: this is how Lamborghini tests its cars (lawrencetaylor50)
| Quote, originally posted by lawrencetaylor50 » |
was he testing the car when that happened, or was he in his own lambo? |
2 Die in High-Speed Crash
On October 14th near Sassari, in Sardinia, Lamborghini's test-driver Antonio Leandro, age 32, crashed the black Diablo GT he was driving with a Fiat Uno after bouncing off a truck during a series of high speed passing maneuvers at 250 km/h.
Details are scetchy but it seems that the truck had pulled into the left-hand lane just as the Lamborghini closed on it - a common cause of accidents on the autostrada, and hence an abiding fear of Italian supercar drivers - so the GT braked hard (it had left only about thirty feet of rubber on the road) and was rear-ended by the Fiat.
Leandro was demonstrating the Diablo on the four-lane highway from Olbia to San Teodoro, for his passenger and potential client, a wealthy local pharmacist named Renzo Dlogu.
Leonardo and Sebastiana Pinna the 57 year old wife and passenger of the Fiat driver both died in the crash, and three people aboard the Fiat were seriously injured. Leonardo was demonstrating a Diablo GT to a prospective customer when he lost control of the GT.
Our hearts go out to Anonio's wife and child as well as to the Pinna family and others involved..
