Title: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Werner on September 07, 2007, 09:50:12 am
Hi all,
bad luck has hit the Kruse Motorsport Team from Cologne :( :( :(. After a season which had anyway no highlights for them they lost their truck and the racecar in a fire on a german motorway. The team was on it's way back from test drives on the Eurospeedway when the trailer of the truck suddenly started to develop smoke and caught fire. A problem with one of the tyres of the trailer is assumed. The Kruse truckdriver has smoke poisoning, but not critical and no one else was hurt.
So a season to forget ended with a disaster. They will of course not be able to do the 2 final LMS rounds - and yes, they were planning to go to Brasil...
bad luck has hit the Kruse Motorsport Team from Cologne :( :( :(. After a season which had anyway no highlights for them they lost their truck and the racecar in a fire on a german motorway. The team was on it's way back from test drives on the Eurospeedway when the trailer of the truck suddenly started to develop smoke and caught fire. A problem with one of the tyres of the trailer is assumed. The Kruse truckdriver has smoke poisoning, but not critical and no one else was hurt.
So a season to forget ended with a disaster. They will of course not be able to do the 2 final LMS rounds - and yes, they were planning to go to Brasil...
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Piglet on September 07, 2007, 10:16:09 am
Jesus that's big!
That's dreadful luck Werner, please pass on our symapthy to them. :(
That's dreadful luck Werner, please pass on our symapthy to them. :(
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: termietermite on September 07, 2007, 10:45:17 am
Bl**dy hell, Werner. As Piglet says, do give all the lads our best.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: hgb on September 07, 2007, 11:04:12 am
This is really a disaster. I'll pop around to their garage later in the afternoon.
This also crosses my travel plans to Silverstone. The idea was to go with them.
This also crosses my travel plans to Silverstone. The idea was to go with them.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Steve Pyro on September 07, 2007, 11:08:45 am
Very nasty stuff is fire, it doesn't leave much behind. My sympathies for the Kruse team, I hope they are suitably insured.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: nopanic - neil on September 07, 2007, 11:23:19 am
I hope they are suitably insured.
I know insurance will not cover everything, and I'm sure I bet they wished they did not have to claim in the first place.
Send them our best, hope they get back on their
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: shaunv156 on September 07, 2007, 12:27:38 pm
Not everything can be replaced I am sure but thank god no one was killed that was a nasty fire
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: JDS on September 07, 2007, 01:59:32 pm
Jeeess that's nasty. It's amazing the damage that can happen just from a wheel rubbing. What a shame, but lets hope they can move on, start to get things sorted and perhaps make an early start for their preparations for 2008.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Paddy_NL on September 07, 2007, 02:15:05 pm
Definitely a horrible sight. Hope they are insured well.
On the positive side; they will have a new car for '08! ;D
On the positive side; they will have a new car for '08! ;D
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Andy Zarse on September 07, 2007, 03:10:23 pm
Has arson been rules out?
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Werner on September 08, 2007, 07:41:26 pm
Has arson been rules out?
Nothing has been officially published yet, but arson is quite unlikely. The smoke/fire at the trailer started while the truck was driving on the motorway, a blown tyre, overheated brake or so is more likely.
Kai Kruse wrote me an email yesterday saying that is is not a catastrophe to fall down - it's the standing up again that counts!
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Dirk3D_NL on September 08, 2007, 09:07:35 pm
i feel very sorry for them... another team that can't use this kind of set backs....
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Paddy_NL on September 08, 2007, 10:32:25 pm
Can't Kruse borrow Lammers' Dome? That's just sitting in the yard not doing anything :-X
