Calgary's Matt Campbell and his team lost control of their vehicle on treacherous terrain last weekend in Bolivia during the famed Dakar Rally.
Campbell, the 64-year-old is the CEO of Rocky Mountain Equipment, and his crew made of co-driver Luis "Fito" Ramirez and navigator Nico Ambriz endured a frightening 174 km/h end-to-end rollover in a remote desert zone.
The crash took place at a water crossing, where Campbell and, were expecting a relatively shallow stream, based on the relatively tame "Danger 2" sign along the course.
The Calgary Sun reports "Campbell is now in a Chilean hospital, undergoing MRI tests to check for internal damage - but it appears he suffered no life-threatening injuries in the wreck".
Former Grand Prix winner David Coulthard admitted to be worried about the lack of experience of the two new Toro Rosso Formula 1 drivers.
Coulthard, the winner of 13 F1 races with Williams and McLaren between 1995 and 2003, fears Toro Rosso's engineering team will lack direction this season since rookies Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz have no F1 experience.
Let's keep in mind that Verstappen only contested 47 car races so far in his career (Formula 4s and Formula 3s).
Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso. (Photo: WRi2)
While he recognises it is Toro Rosso's policy of promoting young talent, Coulthard fears there could be a high price to pay.
“The engineers and designers have to go with what they believe is the best package to develop the car, but you need leadership from behind the wheel,” the Scot told Sky Sports Online.
“You need a great interaction between the driver and the aerodynamicist or the chief mechanical engineer and that interaction is so important. In the respect of young drivers without the experience, they have to get the experience somewhere, but a better pairing in many respects would be one experienced and one rookie. But that is the format for Toro Rosso, it is a proving ground for young drivers and if they do well then they can move up to the next level.”
Coulthard thinks the Italian team will have to modify its engineering debriefings this season to get the correct information from the two rookies.
"They've got to run a slightly different format of debriefs and understanding and educating the drivers,” Coulthard added.
“With the benefit of experience you hone in on what they key area of development needs to be - what is it that is making it difficult for you to go faster? It seems like a simple thing to ask, but actually separating aerodynamic from mechanical is such a difficult thing to do at times,” the Scot explained.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne said further mergers in the automotive industry are inevitable, and questioned the way safety regulators are exercising their powers.
Ford says its internal North American quality ratings improved last year for the first time since 2010, after working through issues with its touchscreen systems and bumpy new-model launches.
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Audi AG's top sales executive today unveiled a new virtual reality system that he called the 'most flexible sales format ever invented for the car industry.'
Established car companies must accelerate the development and sale of electric vehicles, despite a drastic decline in oil prices, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said today during a speech to auto executives at the Automotive News World Congress.
When Honda engineers pitched the idea of a revived NSX sports car to President Takanobu Ito, it was just a few weeks after Japan's March 11, 2011, earthquake. The appetite for pricey exotic cars was understandably limited.
FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne is quoted on the firm's corporate Twitter feed as saying the next Chrysler minivan will have its world premiere at the 2016 Detroit auto show.
Fitch Ratings believes further corporate transactions are likely in the car manufacturing sector and could involve European manufacturers including Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Peugeot and Volkswagen.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is turning the corner in Europe and may break even in the region at an operating level ahead of schedule as a focus on premium vehicles for export is starting to pay off, a media report said.
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