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11-27-2006, 11:45 AM

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Another Enzo bites the dust

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Russia Billionaire in Coma After French Ferrari Crash (Update1)

By Helene Fouquet

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov was placed into a coma after suffering severe burns when the Ferrari he was driving crashed and burst into flames in Nice on the French Riviera on Nov. 25.

Doctors at Marseille burns hospital La Conception will wait 48 hours before deciding on a diagnosis, said a spokeswoman for the city's hospitals who declined to be identified. Severely burned patients are often placed in an artificially induced coma, the spokeswoman said today by phone. Kerimov's family asked the hospital not to disclose detailed information on his condition.

The 40-year-old businessman, worth $7.1 billion according to Forbes magazine, was speeding and weaving through traffic when he lost control of a black Ferrari Enzo on the Promenade des Anglais, the boulevard that runs along the Nice shoreline as he was speeding, said the policeman in Nice who is heading the investigation into the crash. The policeman, who spoke by telephone today, declined to be named, citing French regulations.

Kerimov lost control of the Ferrari while overtaking another car, hitting the sidewalk and then a tree before the engine caught fire, the policeman said. Traffic rules limit cars on the Promenade des Anglais to 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour.

Investigators carried out chemical and technical tests on the wreckage of the Ferrari that allowed police to rule out the possibility the crash resulted from an assassination attempt, the policeman said.

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Kerimov, who arrived in Nice on a private jet with his friend Tina Kondelaki, a Russian television presenter, was driving a Ferrari loaned to him by a friend, the policeman said.

Russian daily Kommersant printed a photograph on today's front page showing what it said was the two pieces of the burned car, surrounded by firefighting foam.

Bree Schuette, a spokeswoman for Kerimov's OAO MNPO Polymetal in St, Petersburg, said she couldn't comment on the businessman's condition.

Kerimov was transported by helicopter to La Conception in Marseille after the sports car caught fire.

The billionaire's clothes were on fire as he jumped out of the Ferrari and his face was the most severely-burned area, the policeman said, citing unidentified witnesses.

Kondelaki was admitted to a hospital in Nice shortly after the incident. She was lightly injured and left the premises quickly to head back to Russia before investigators could interview her, the policeman said.

A woman at CTC's press office declined to comment or be identified when Bloomberg called today. Kondelaki didn't answer her mobile phone when Bloomberg called.

Gazprom, Sberbank Holdings

Kerimov ranked No. 72 this year in Forbes magazine's annual survey of the world's richest people published in March. His wealth derives from stakes in OAO Gazprom, Russia's natural-gas export monopoly, and OAO Sberbank, eastern Europe's largest bank.

The businessman's OAO GNK Nafta-Moskva bought Polymetal, Russia's biggest silver miner, last year for an undisclosed price. Interfax today said the acquisition cost about $900 million.

A native of Dagestan, a republic in Russia's Caucasus region, Kerimov moved into the banking business following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Kerimov went from banking to buying assets in aviation to oil trading, according to Forbes.

Kerimov has been a member of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian federal parliament, since 1999 as a member of the Liberal Democratic party headed by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a nationalist known for his controversial behavior.

To contact the reporter on this story: Helene Fouquet in Paris at hfouquet1@bloomberg.net .
Last Updated: November 27, 2006 11:15 EST

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fvcking eurotrash people who think they're f1 drivers

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11-27-2006, 11:47 AM	#2
RobertB Life is good Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NW GA Posts: 14,707	those mofos like to split in half.... or maybe hitting something very solid at a high rate of speed has something to do with it __________________

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11-27-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Cobra S

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fvcking eurotrash people who think they're f1 drivers

There's actually a warning sticker that came on the Enzos passenger side airbag that stated " You are not Micheal Schumacher, please driver carefully"

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11-27-2006, 11:49 AM

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those things love to split in half

+1 for the ppl who arent on ferrari's VIP list

beat you to it and with a pic

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11-27-2006, 11:49 AM

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those mofos like to split in half....

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those things love to split in half

They do?

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mjv2744 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cypress TX Posts: 2,096	repost but yours has pics.http://www.mustangworld.com/forums/...ad.php?t=449664 Last edited by mjv2744 : 11-27-2006 at 11:51 AM.

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Brad96StangGT Banned Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: --Mahopac, NY-- Posts: 5500+ Posts: 7,303	Ferrari should have a stipulation in the contract to owning that car that if you total it that if you live through the accident, a Ferrari rep will come to your home to murder you.

11-27-2006, 11:50 AM

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those mofos like to split in half....

or maybe hitting something very solid at a high rate of speed has something to do with it

that's what they're designed to do.

The strongest part of the car is the monocoque tub. Everything else is made to just break away in a crash.

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I would change nothing. I think F1 is fantastic as it is. If you want to watch a million meaningless overtaking maneuvres and lots of shunts go and watch NASCAR or bikes or IRL or something

11-27-2006, 11:52 AM

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Ferrari should have a stipulation in the contract to owning that car that if you total it that if you live through the accident, a Ferrari rep will come to your home to murder you.

the Enzo and the SLR are the most idiot proof cars money can buy. They're abotu 1000000 times safer then anything else on the road.

(The way Ferrari designed the Enzo is incredible with it's safety features and the crash structure on the SLR is better then anything on anything short of an F1 car)

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11-27-2006, 11:53 AM

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Ferrari should have a stipulation in the contract to owning that car that if you total it that if you live through the accident, a Ferrari rep will come to your home to murder you.

11-27-2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Edweiser63

There's actually a warning sticker that came on the Enzos passenger side airbag that stated " You are not Micheal Schumacher, please driver carefully"

not to mention Schumacher made them detune the production cars versus the prototype.....said it was too powerful for the street

11-27-2006, 12:54 PM

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not to mention Schumacher made them detune the production cars versus the prototype.....said it was too powerful for the street

i seen a v6 convertible split in half...looked like someone had saw it off. dont know how that happened i thought v6's were too slow for that

11-27-2006, 01:13 PM

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i seen a v6 convertible split in half...looked like someone had saw it off. dont know how that happened i thought v6's were too slow for that

did you graduate High School?

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I would change nothing. I think F1 is fantastic as it is. If you want to watch a million meaningless overtaking maneuvres and lots of shunts go and watch NASCAR or bikes or IRL or something


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