Chris Harris And Eddie Jordan Escape Huge Fire During Top Gear Filming
Chris Harris, Eddie Jordan, an Alpine A110 and a stage of the Monte Carlo Rally. It has the makings of an awesome Top Gear feature, doesn’t it? Sadly though, filming of this very segment at the weekend went south thanks to a huge fire that occurred during SS17 of the event.
Shortly after an engine management light appeared on the dashboard, the pair were told of flames appearing under the vehicle. Thankfully, both stars escaped without injury, but by the time fire crews arrived, it was too late to save the car.
“I first realised I needed to get out when I opened the door and the flames went up my arm,” Harris said of the incident on Topgear.com, adding, “Sadly the car was lost and it always makes me sad to see a beautiful car destroyed.”
“Doing a stage of the Monte Carlo Rally was a dream come true for me,” Jordan said, meanwhile. “The car was stunning - so light on its toes. It was dancing around the mountain and Chris was driving it beautifully. It’s such a shame we didn’t finish the test, but these things happen,” he added.
As to what caused the pre-production Alpine to catch fire, we don’t yet know. The blaze is currently under investigation.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Reminds me of a “certain” car
*cars
Cough Cough zenvo Cough Cough
Oh you mean this?
This is the best of french engineering (put sarcasm here)
Waiting for the “they copied Clarkson and company again!” comments…
They don’t have to copy there beter
I was waiting for this post, glad they are okay
Eddie Jordans still there 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Hope this isn’t a recurring problem for alpines. Poor car doesn’t deserve it
I hate to say this, but it is probably a better idea to choose a 718 over the Alpine for now
I guess that brings TG level with Amazon on the burning sports car-o-meter
They said the cause was an engine management problem
Lol