Australian Formula 3 driver Alex Peroni walked away unse by hitcathed from a terrifying crash at Monza after his car was sent airborne after hitting a kerb at speed, seven days after F2 driver Anthoine Hubert was killed in a crash in Belgium.
Peroni’s car was vaulted skywards after he appeared to run wide at the Parabolica corner and made contact with one of the kerbs between the run-off and the track itself. He hit the kerb and was sent into a terrifying spin through the air, with his car landing upside down on the catch fencing on the outside of the corner. Peroni’s car appeared to land on the Halo cockpit protection device which was made mandatory in all FIA championships at the start of 2018.
Replays showed the kerb ripping to pieces after contact. Peroni was unharmed and walked himself to the medical car. The F3 race finished under the Safety Car following the incident.
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The circuit is set to host two F2 races and the full F1 schedule this weekend, which includes qualifying on Saturday and the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. The start of F1’s final practice session, which followed immediately after the F3 race, was delayed for 10 minutes while repairs were carried out on that part of the circuit.
The incident came just a week on from the tragic accident in another F1 feeder series claimed the life of F2 driver Anthoine Hubert and left Juan Manuel Correa in a critical condition at a UK hospital. Hubert lost control on the exit of the fearsome Raidillon/Eau Rouge section of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit and his car was collected by Correa’s at high-speed as it rejoined the track.
Hubert was pronounced dead later that day. Correa remains in a critical condition in a UK hospital — an update on Saturday said the American driver had been placed into an induced coma after encountering respiratory issues.