So, this happened yesterday

The latest supercar to crash in Bulgaria, just weeks after the first (public) Revuelto crash. From the perspective of someone who owns the exact same car.

While no one is immune to such predicaments, even the best of us, they happen and will continue to happen. Crashes happen all the time. But when a crash involves a supercar, it makes the news straight away.

I'll try not to make it a habit to post about people's crashes, but this one hits home. It pains me to see a McLaren in such a bad state, but it is educational at the same time. Political views aside, I only care about the car and nothing else. I don't care about the message on the car and its purpose, I'll only focus on what (potentially) led to this crash. Just to be clear.

Let's focus on the car. It's a McLaren 720S, not a 750S like some "journalists" named it. And it's worth between 200-240k EUR, very far from the half a million EUR price. Or at least it was worth that. McLarens are some of most stable supercars in bad weather. They are born in bad weather, tested in it and prepared for it - hand-build in the UK. It's one of its strongest positives - these cars can handle a lot and handle it effortlessly. My first drive in Monster was during a snow storm and the only reason why I was anxious was because it was my first drive in my new car that happens to be the most powerful car I've ever driven. The snow wasn't a concern. I've become completely familiar with the 720S platform in 2022. I've experienced it on track - in bad weather, in good weather and aways on its limits. I have experience on the road in terrible conditions. It's a monster that doesn't give an F about the weather. But you need to give an F that it's a monster.

Looking at the photos and videos of this crash, it looks wet, but nothing a McLaren can't handle with an ease. I wasn't there, maybe I'm missing something, but judging solely from the visual information - it's not that wet and chances the weather was responsible for this crash are close to 0. I don't see conditions for aquaplaning, either - there's an obvious elevation and I don't see how a water buildup can be the reason also. The elevation, though, I'll get to it in a second. The tires. I found better photos of the car. It's still with the OE tires - Pirelli P Zero - a compound created exclusively for McLaren. This is the standard tire McLarens come with and the first thing you change when you get one, if you're serious about driving it. Monster was specced with an option compound - P Zero Corsa - a more serious and performance-oriented tire. Not that the P Zero is inherently bad, but it's not a wholesome tire either. And when you spend so much on a car, you should consider the purchase of tires as a very basic expense and a must. Another thing - the 720S is obsolete. They're not in production anymore, which means the last 720S to leave the MTC is 2 years old already. I don't consider any 720S to be an old car by any means, but time does affect the quality of the tire. I don't know the age of this car, but I know how stiff these tires become with time. How you store this car when you don't drive it matters, too - there's this thing called tire pressure for storing. If you don't store your car with the right tire pressure, the tires will lose their shape and become oval. This will 100% affect your driving and the behaviour of the car on the road. If you have vibrations in the wheel - check your pressure. So, I imagine this car never got new tires, wasn't stored with the right pressure and it likely had very stiff tires. Oof. Scary shit

I saw a video, in which one of the people responsible for this car mentions a "technical issue" with the McLaren since they got it. Considering the car had no issues being driven, I'm leaning towards either accumulators or suspension/ lift issues. The 720S can be driven despite these problems. Obviously you need to fix them, but they don't affect it immediately and the quality of the drive degrades gradually. So, you have a relatively big window, in which you can drive the car while ignoring them. They don't cause the car to crash, tho. So, taking the tires and the unresolved "technical issues" into consideration - this car was somewhat neglected IMO. This alone - neglecting a very powerful, hypercar - territory performance - wise car, you're setting yourself and the car off to a very bad start and a relationship.

The real cause for this crash - driver's error. They tried to blame the weather, the road and the car for the crash, but it was the stupidity that caused it. A typical supercar crash - when someone who doesn't know how to handle a high-performance car, gets behind the wheel. Someone likely with a big ego and something to prove. Someone without the experience with such cars. You knew about the tires, about the weather and the overall conditions, yet you floored one of the most fast accelerating RWD cars on the planet while driving uphill. Well, you got what you asked for - the car did what you asked from it to do.

While we all can fall victims of our current emotional state, the 720S is one of the worst places to do so. I mean it. I have managed to "lose" the rear in a straight while driving uphill. It's not hard. In fact it's very easy to kill yourself in this car - still the carbon monocoque will likely save your life.

I even say this thing to myself everyday no matter which car I decide to drive: "leave your ego at the door". Sometimes I say it out loud, because I do have days in which I feel more rebellious. Ego and supercars combo leads only to ugly outcomes. Instead try to become one with the car.

Before you get behind the wheel of a car of this caliber, you need to understand basic physics, dynamics and forces. It's an insanely powerful machine that will bite you, if you're stupid.