This weekend sees the opening round of the Dutch Supercar Challenge at the F1 circuit at Hockenheim, and testing was in full swing on Thursday. Sharing the drive with Berry Van Elk at BlueBerry Racing is Nol Köhler, who was out for routine testing when disaster struck.
After four laps with Kohler behind the wheel he came into the pits for checks.
"We do in fact always to make sure everything is functioning properly," said team manager Denny van Os. "Check links, see if there is any liquid on the bottom plate. We even checked the bottom plate with a lamp to see if there was no liquid leaking and that there is nothing. Everything looked good, so we sent Nol back on track so he could get used to the Mosler. "
The second stint proved to be short-lived. After more two rounds, the Mosler was at Parabolika-turn when it started to smoke heavily. "I had nothing in mind, but was suddenly under braking with smoke in my cockpit," says Nol Köhler. "I decided to get the car at the hairpin turn immediately to the side. Fortunately, I myself was quickly out of the car. "The Mosler came to stand still near a post with a fire extinguisher. Despite attempts by the only fire marshall all attempts to extinguish the accelerating blaze the efforts where futile. The fire brigade was on the spot after ten minutes but it was too late to save the Mosler.
Judging from the signs left by the Mosler at Parabolika and the mostly white smoke likely cause was an oil fire, which is very difficult to extinguish. It is thought that an oil leak caused the inferno, but the exact cause is very difficult to trace. The Mosler is beyond repair and Blueberry Racing will obviously be out of the Mosler Challenge and Dutch Supercar for the time being.
More information on the accident and the weekends racing on Dutch Supercar Challenge website.
After four laps with Kohler behind the wheel he came into the pits for checks.
"We do in fact always to make sure everything is functioning properly," said team manager Denny van Os. "Check links, see if there is any liquid on the bottom plate. We even checked the bottom plate with a lamp to see if there was no liquid leaking and that there is nothing. Everything looked good, so we sent Nol back on track so he could get used to the Mosler. "
The second stint proved to be short-lived. After more two rounds, the Mosler was at Parabolika-turn when it started to smoke heavily. "I had nothing in mind, but was suddenly under braking with smoke in my cockpit," says Nol Köhler. "I decided to get the car at the hairpin turn immediately to the side. Fortunately, I myself was quickly out of the car. "The Mosler came to stand still near a post with a fire extinguisher. Despite attempts by the only fire marshall all attempts to extinguish the accelerating blaze the efforts where futile. The fire brigade was on the spot after ten minutes but it was too late to save the Mosler.
Judging from the signs left by the Mosler at Parabolika and the mostly white smoke likely cause was an oil fire, which is very difficult to extinguish. It is thought that an oil leak caused the inferno, but the exact cause is very difficult to trace. The Mosler is beyond repair and Blueberry Racing will obviously be out of the Mosler Challenge and Dutch Supercar for the time being.
More information on the accident and the weekends racing on Dutch Supercar Challenge website.
