Sophia Floersch has been in the motorsport headlines for the past day now, having suffered one of the worst motorsport crashes in a long time, when her airborne car rammed into the bunker for photographers, adjacent to the grand stand.
Floersch suffered severe injuries, and she along with two photographers and a marshal were rushed to the hospital in the aftermath of the incident.
The video of her car flying into the bumker was shot from the grandstand and immediately went viral on social media, with people horrified by the extent of the damage done during the accident.
#ShockingVideo: Horrifying Crash suspends Macau Grand Prix as driver flies through the air. German driver Sophia Floersch has suffered a spinal fracture. @AmazingVids_ pic.twitter.com/hMjcHHX42l
— Amazing Videos (@AmazingVids_) November 18, 2018
Another angle of the accident of Sophia Flörsch during the round of the Macau Grand Prix, in slow-motion, shows the great violence of the crash. via @JLTricotpic.twitter.com/xZ6pQEqea6
— SpazianiG (@SpazianiG) November 18, 2018
However, none of the video footage from last night or early morning today confirmed as to how and why Floersch’s car went airborne.
But a new, low angle of the crash shows that Sophia’s car had actually come in contact with Jehan Daruvala’s car, which was slowing down because of a mistakenly shown yellow flag. The car then hit the barrier, came back to hit another car and then went airborne
Sophia is presently undergoing surgery, as confirmed by her representatives on twitter. Her father confirmed in an interview with the Motorsport Magazin that she hadn’t suffered any spinal cord damage.
Aktuelle Zwischeninfo: Das Ärzte-Team arbeitet bewusst langsam, um Risiken zu vermeiden. Der bisherige OP-Verlauf sei gut und ohne Komplikationen. Die heute morgen begonnene OP dauert an. pic.twitter.com/3gHSCtFe4B
— Sophia Floersch (@SophiaFloersch) November 19, 2018
Check out the video of this new angle, one that shows the trigger for Sophia’s car being airborne.
[OT] Low, front angle of Sophia Flörsch’s crash showing the contact with Jehan Daruvala which started it https://t.co/9x3VBECKq6 via @reddit
— Utkarsh Bhatla (@UtkarshBhatla) November 19, 2018
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