Rowan Atkinson, popularly known as Mr. Bean is known for his love for cars and racing. Rowan is an avid car collector and has some of the finest piece of machines parked in his garage. Mr. Bean has not really been lucky behind the wheel on race tracks, in the past he has twice crashed his McLaren F1. First time the incident was reported in Cabus and the second time it his car caught fire when he hit a tree. This time around Rowan has crashed his beloved 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint in the Shelby Cup at the vintage car rally Goodwood Revival.
The Goodwood Revival event features vintage cars and motorcycles that are showcased during the three-day festival held in the month of September every year. The incident occurred when first car lost control and spun on track, Rowan reportedly failed to dodge it and ended-up hitting the car and sustaining major damage. Rowan escaped unhurt, but could not continue the race.
Rowan Atkinson reportedly owns a super luxury fleet of cars like Honda NSX, a Jaguar Mk7, an Aston Martin DB2, a 1939 BMW 328 and a Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe. The MCLaren F1 crashed by him earlier is among the only 64 manufactured ones that was sold at astonishing $115 million. Moreover, its is said that Rowan has to spend around monstrous $1 million dollar to repair it which indeed makes him a record holder for having the most expensive repair bill in Britain.
