Racing drivers airlifted to hospital after terrifying F2 crash (VIDEO)

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The grandson of a former Components One world champion has been airlifted to hospital following a horror crash in Components Two, along with his rival who collided with him issuing a message asking followers to ship him messages of assist.

French driver Theo Pourchaire, 18, was left stranded in a terrifying place in the course of the observe when his ART automotive stalled on the grid.

Enzo Fittipaldi, who’s a part of racing royalty because the grandson of Emerson Fittipaldi, a Brazilian two-time F1 champion in the course of the 1970s, proved to be the unlucky driver unable to maintain out of the best way of Pourchaire’s marooned motor.

“The drivers have been instantly attended to by emergency and medical crews,” Components 2 mentioned in a press release after the incident at first of the race in Jeddah that brought on the occasion to be red-flagged.

“The drivers have been acutely aware and extricated by the attending medical crews. Each have been transferred by ambulance and helicopter to King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah.”

The smash reportedly happened at a considerably larger velocity than the shuddering collision between Components One arch-rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton on the British Grand Prix in July.

Alfa Romeo F1 boss Frederic Vasseur is claimed to have informed an AFP journalist that Pourchaire “is ok” and has “no fracture”.

“For the second, I don’t know if it’s already the tip of the season for me,” French prodigy Pourchaire mentioned on social media round 5 hours after the accident.

“However crucial is just not that: that was a very large one and Enzo is injured.

“I want him one of the best restoration potential. You guys can ship him form messages. He wants that.”

Fittipaldi’s workforce, Charouz Racing System, surprisingly appeared to recommend that the 20-year-old may very well be again within the driving seat subsequent weekend.

“One hectic weekend in Jeddah is completed,” they mentioned, describing the crash as “not the end result of the characteristic race anybody may have imagined.” “Now let’s want [the pair] to be wholesome and robust for subsequent weekend.

“All of us [had] a fairly large concern for Enzo after a nasty collision in the course of the begin of the race.

“The characteristic race in Jeddah was marked by many crashes together with one other collision for [Fittipaldi] – a really unlucky weekend.”

In his debut Components Two season, Fittipaldi scored his first factors on Saturday in Race 2.

Pourchaire was simply 16 when he first featured in Components Three, changing into the competitors’s youngest double race-winner.