VIDEO. Ken Block's Ford Escort Cosworth burns in crash

Be careful, the images will sadden vintage car enthusiasts. During the Rally New England Forest (a national event taking place in New Hampshire and Maine), the Ford Escort Cosworth Group A of Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino went up in smoke spectacularly. The king of gymkhana and free figures will remember this accident for a long time, due according to him to a gearbox problem:

On his Facebook account, the founder of the DC Shoes brand explained his antics like this. “We were in third place in the rally. We were approaching the finish of the fourth stage, when I approached a tight left turn. When downshifting, the box did not follow (due to a mechanical problem), and when she dropped the gears, it sent me too far to the inside of the curve and towards a big rock. The rock sent us barreling.

We landed back on our wheels, I was ready to leave. But as you can see, the fire caught VERY quickly. Alex and I got out unscathed, but the car burned out there. Fortunately the action was captured by my onboard camera. » This reflects an Olympian calm despite the loss of a beautiful jewel...