..."I don't expect we are going to get it back at all but we were prepared for this otherwise we would never have done it." Likely, they "prepared" by putting a chunk of cubic zirconium in the car's nose. Or by insuring it for more than market value.
or, simply the driver pocketed the diamond and nosed it in the rail, oh darn, what do you know we lost it, oh too bad.
Even if the diamond was real, they got more than $200K worth of advertising out of the stunt. Besides, if they considered the diamond to be worth $200K retail, then wholesale it was worth about $250.00. If that.
What's funny is that it was not even noticeable on the car unless you were standing right there in the garage. So they might as well just have told people there was a diamond on the car and kept it in a toolbox.
You're right - if they hadnt have lost it, we'd have never heard about it. Those smart chaps in Marketing strike yet again
actually it was part of a big publicity event, including guest appearances in the garage by Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon. Maybe the diamond was lost because too many people knew about it.
That was Sato. His engine had been smoking for about one lap or two. When it exploded, there was no visibility behind him for a while and all hell broke loose. Fisichella became airborne after hitting a McLaren and landed upside down on the guardrail. I don't know where there are pictures online. I have been watching it on TV. As a matter of fact, I am watching it again right now.
