A Race Car Crashes and Goes Airborne at 171 MPH, But the Driver’s Okay
A German driver named Sophia Floersch went airborne at about 171 miles per hour and crashed into a photographer’s bunker during yesterday’s race at the Macau Grand Prix. She’s…
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – NOVEMBER 12: Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 and Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF70H lead towards the first corner at the start during the Formula One Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 12, 2017 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
(Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)A German driver named Sophia Floersch went airborne at about 171 miles per hour and crashed into a photographer's bunker during yesterday's race at the Macau Grand Prix.
She's okay, although she did fracture her spine.
She sent out a Tweet saying that she's "fine" and headed in for surgery. Two photographers and a race official were injured, but none seriously.
