Last Updated on November 18 2018, 12:08 pm
During the Macau Grand Prix featuring Formula 3, the van Amersfoort car of Sophia Floersch was launched into the air over Sho Tsuboi’s car and flew over the barriers and into a photographers bunker at barely abated speed, having lost its wheels in a crash earlier down the straight.
The horror crash
[mv_video key=”ivhetru3nkslyaag2ecl” title=”Floersch conscious but hospitalized after Macau shunt” id=”42870″ thumbnail=”https://mediavine-res.cloudinary.com/video/upload/ivhetru3nkslyaag2ecl.jpg” aspectRatio=”317:180″ volume=”70″ sticky=”true”]Footage of the incident showed that Floersch’s car ended up back on its wheels, and the race was stopped immediately. Macau Grand Prix organisers have confirmed that Sophia Floersch is conscious and has been transferred to hospital.
A statement from the organisers said that both Floersch and Tsuboi were concious and had been taken to hospital.
Three further individuals, two photographers and one marshal, were also involved in the accident, with them also being transferred to hospital.
TJ13’s thoughts are with all individuals involved, wishing for a full and speedy recovery.
More footage has emerged from the grandstands via Twitter
https://twitter.com/VanGamerenF1/status/1064066021953363969
https://twitter.com/aochan8800/status/1064066659462209536
https://twitter.com/Insidef1/status/1064077557002207232
Slow Motion footage
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