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From GMM (story updated, see below)
F1 veteran Mark Webber is in hospital in Sao Paulo following a huge crash during a sports car race in Brazil.
In an echo of his similar crash at the same corner during the 2003 grand prix at Interlagos, the Australian hit the wall at high speed during a 6-hour endurance race.
The impact destroyed his prototype Porsche and he was photographed giving the thumbs-up as he was removed by stretcher.
A teammate, Romain Dumas, was quoted by Fairfax Media: "He was talking on the radio -- he knows his name, he knows where he is, it looks ok."
Race organisers confirmed in a statement: "Mark Webber, who was awake and alert, was taken to the circuit medical centre for further examination."
And a post on Webber's official Facebook page said he is in a "satisfactory condition".
"Mark will stay overnight (in hospital) for precautionary checks."
UPDATE
“I'm quite sore this morning and am pretty bruised and have got a stinking headache. I've got no recollection of the accident or how it happened - the team is looking into the details to find out more,” Mark Webber said on Monday.
UPDATE ON MATTEO CRESSONI'S CONDITION
Following an overnight stay for observation, Matteo Cressoni, 30, is being released from the Hospital Bandeirantes and will be travelling home to Italy later Monday.
The Italian, who was driving the No.90 8Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia yesterday during the closing stages of the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, was an apparently innocent victim in an accident involving the No.20 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Mark Webber.
Cressoni, who was sharing the Ferrari with Gianluca Roda and Paolo Ruberti, told his team that he was hit by the Porsche only after the Porsche was careering towards him at high speed. The reasons for the accident have not yet been determined.
F1 veteran Mark Webber is in hospital in Sao Paulo following a huge crash during a sports car race in Brazil.
In an echo of his similar crash at the same corner during the 2003 grand prix at Interlagos, the Australian hit the wall at high speed during a 6-hour endurance race.
The impact destroyed his prototype Porsche and he was photographed giving the thumbs-up as he was removed by stretcher.
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| Mark Webber's Porsche after the crash. (Photo: WRi2) |
A teammate, Romain Dumas, was quoted by Fairfax Media: "He was talking on the radio -- he knows his name, he knows where he is, it looks ok."
Race organisers confirmed in a statement: "Mark Webber, who was awake and alert, was taken to the circuit medical centre for further examination."
And a post on Webber's official Facebook page said he is in a "satisfactory condition".
"Mark will stay overnight (in hospital) for precautionary checks."
UPDATE
“I'm quite sore this morning and am pretty bruised and have got a stinking headache. I've got no recollection of the accident or how it happened - the team is looking into the details to find out more,” Mark Webber said on Monday.
UPDATE ON MATTEO CRESSONI'S CONDITION
Following an overnight stay for observation, Matteo Cressoni, 30, is being released from the Hospital Bandeirantes and will be travelling home to Italy later Monday.
The Italian, who was driving the No.90 8Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia yesterday during the closing stages of the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, was an apparently innocent victim in an accident involving the No.20 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Mark Webber.
Cressoni, who was sharing the Ferrari with Gianluca Roda and Paolo Ruberti, told his team that he was hit by the Porsche only after the Porsche was careering towards him at high speed. The reasons for the accident have not yet been determined.