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The demise of Team Genius.

On the second run, Genius1 decided that Genius2 should have the honour of the race. On this occasion the contestants were lined up for a standing start with no shove-off permitted. Team Genius surprised even it's own team at the speed which accelerated towards the first corner. With the others still gathering momentum (see photo 1 for the gap between the first two cars, also note the smile on Genius2's face that was about to disappear. Har, har!), Team Genius reached the corner and took it with ease and tight in to the inside. This is where it went wrong. Team Genius' balance was designed to lean left, Genius2's balance was nowhere to be seen...
Showing Genius2's lack of 4 wheel experience, he tried to compensate too much for the car (see photo 2) and started to steer back out into the road. Because Genius2 had never experienced Team Genius' "twitchy" steering (and Team Genius had never experienced Genius2's crap driving!), the car lurched back towards the hedge in an effort to straighten out. The result was predictable. Team Genius plunged it's left wing and nose into the hedge and the car flipped and rolled before finally resting upside down on it's rear spoiler. Due to it's rigid construction, the spoiler held the car up and took any severe pressure off Genius2's neck, which was currently at a right angle to the rest of him!
Apart from a few cuts and bruises, Genius2 was removed safely from the car relatively unhurt (and enjoying the attention!). Team Genius on the other hand was a write-off. On examination later, the car's wheels were buckled beyond repair, the port nose-wing snapped off, various damage to the shell and the rear spoiler broken but held in place by the bodywork.

Genius2 would like to thank the photographer (Genius3) for coming to his rescue, apparently she was laughing too hard whilst taking these photos!

 

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