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That's amazing! I had no idea the F1 was so sturdy. My assumption (probably common) is that these super light exotics disintegrate when hitting large insects, let alone walls.

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Many of them do, although there is the notorious story of an Enzo that got literally torn in half on CA 1 and both people inside walked away.

Here's the story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Eriksson#Car_crash

You have big part of why in your statement. "super light" Mass * Velocity. Less mass, means less energy to dissipate.

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