Roborace autonomous car slams into pit-wall before reaching first corner

The Roborace series has successfully hosted fully autonomous motorsport events since 2016 – however, on Friday not everything quite went to plan. Competing at Britain’s Thruxton circuit, the Acronis SIT Autonomous team car suffered a nasty and embarrassing accident within seconds of leaving the starting grid for a test run. As it accelerated from the line the vehicle veered hard to the right, colliding with the pit wall and tearing off the front splitter.