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Originally Posted by mab01UK
This was his Metro after the Silverstone crash, my late brother Steve was one of the first on the scene and thought Chris was a gonna.....had hit his head hard on the steering wheel and later ended up with a metal plate in his forehead I think.
I can't remember if Chris ever raced again, I know he wanted to get back racing in his Mini 7 and he was trying to work out how he could get his doctor to sign him up again for his racing licence, as he had some double vision as a result of the accident. Chris eventually retired to Spain but a few years later he fell ill and Steve and some other drivers paid and organised to get him brought back to the UK for hospital treatment. He died around 2001 or 2002 if memory serves me right?
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I've just discovered this thread & loved watching the Metro series, buy boy did those cars fold up in an accident !
The original NCAP testing shows that the basic design was pretty weak & adding a roll cage didn't do much to imptove the situation.
Watch this.
http://www.euroncap.com/tests/rover_100_1997/11.aspx ...
Or look it up on youtube if the link does'nt work !
Ouch !!