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[dimviii]

Big, but at the same time it could've been a lot worse. From the photos you can't see damage on the front.

yes Tom very lucky that such an impact was at rear end of the car.

[miniwintz]

Impressive damage, I hope both he and his codriver are not injured

[bluuford]

It was extremely lucky accident. I was around 300-400 meters from the accident scene and I was just measuring time difference between Kõrge and him (it was 0.2 seconds in Lukyanuk favour just before that stage).Then I heard really heavy bang and everything was quiet then. That was really scary. They were OK, only Arnautov´s hands were shaking even hours after the accident. I took a few pictures when the car was on its side (from the forest). It was narrow left corner just before the junction to the right (to the tarmac).
first picture is one of the trees he hit (really big trees,just to give an impression how it looked like):
http://www.tlu.ee/~annu/Viru/060720131280.jpg
and then three more pictures taken from the roof side of the car when it is still in forest. You can see that 1/4th or 1/3 of the car is basically cut off:
http://www.tlu.ee/~annu/Viru/060720131281.jpg
http://www.tlu.ee/~annu/Viru/060720131282.jpg
http://www.tlu.ee/~annu/Viru/060720131283.jpg

[KKSF]

Estonia, Viru ralli 2013. Jumps and mistakes.
KKSF HD video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vmGc80xgt8

[stefanvv]

Estonia, Viru ralli 2013. Jumps and mistakes.

Nice Rally. Pitty what happened to Lukyanuk. Hope everything is ok with the crew.

[ASRTmedia]

FOTO from Viru rally 2013!!

https://www.facebook.com/ASRTMedia

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...4241749&type=1

[sindroms]

i think he will miss Rally Estonia

No way. ASRT team has plenty of Evo X. In "Rally Estonia" will be another car. Confirmed by ASRT chief.

[ASRTmedia]

"Grossi Toidukaubad Viru ralli 2013"...
...two stages before the rally finish...
...our crew A.Lukyanuk/A. Arnautov makes bet...
... ALL IN...
... but unfortunately this time bad luck...
... followed by a big crash...
... crew luckily uninjured, thats the most important...
So, now we want to thank all fans for the support, and most important is that, that we will be back in rally "Estonia 2013" with new car for both Alexey!
https://www.facebook.com/ASRTMedia

[jliivak]

Also I heard from officials, that Arnautovs's seat was broken because of the impact. Also we asked Lukyanuk how he feels in the service park, after the rally and he said that everything hurts a bit. They where very lucky that they hit the first tree with rear end, but like bluuford described, it was a really big bang, we heard it about an kilometer away and then heard over security radio, that a big accident and that car is blocking the road, because it was a very narrow place, but when we arrived there, the car var turned on it's side and it seemed that, it didn't disturb next drivers.

[br21]

huge crash! good that they both are quite OK!