Could this be the end for Mr Bean's McLaren F1?
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A Rover Metro couldn't kill it in 1999, but will yesterday's collision with a tree and a road sign be the end for the English comedian, screenwriter and actor's Rowan Atkinson's £650,000 McLaren F1 supercar?
I wonder, as one of the highest-mileage and best-known 240mph McLaren F1s, owned by the Mr Bean star, also caught fire after the accident on the A605 at Haddon, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire at 7.30pm last night.
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Thankfully, Atkinson, who holds a racing licence and recently set the fastest time of 1min 42.2 on the BBC's Top Gear 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' was able to pull himself free from the wreck and was looked after by a passing motorist until emergency services arrived.
He was taken to Peterborough hospital, where he was recovering from a shoulder injury last night. The future of his supercar was unknown.
Rowan Atkinson joins this year's celebrity crash league that includes Chris Evans, who had his ultra-rare Ferrari 599 GTO reversed into by fellow radio star Vanessa Feltz and retired football star Luther Blisset who totalled a Morgan at a celebrity race event.
The prang clearly hasn't dented Atkinson's nerve however, because it's also been announced that he'll race at next month's Goodwood Revival. You can't keep a good man down.
Meanwhile, if you haven't seen Mr Bean's pride and joy in action, check out the video below.
