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(Thread Starter) |  Audi R18 suffers huge crash during Le Mans practice, driver conscious and alert  Loic Duval, driver of the #1 Audi R18 E-tron Quattro, suffered a massive crash today during free practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Duval's car reportedly went off track backwards at high speed near the Porsche Curves and flew into the retaining fence. There is no video of the actual crash at the moment, but a video of the aftermath (viewable below) shows significant damage to the Audi and to the fence. The wall nearby the car appears unaffected. Thankfully, it occurred quite close to a marshal's stand, and they were present almost immediately after the incident. Both the official press release from the 24 Hours of Le Mans and a tweet from Audi Sport (below) indicated that Duval was conscious after the crash, and he was taken by ambulance to the medical center and then to the hospital. The press release says: "His condition is encouraging." However, any injuries he might have sustained are unknown at this time. After the crash, the course was red flagged, and practice resumed about 50 minutes later. Duval is alert. He will be transported from the Medical Center to the hospital for further examinations #R18 #LM24 @FIAWEC @24hoursoflemansAudi had three R18s entered for the historic race, but the #1 car doesn't appear to be in repairable condition following this crash. Scroll down to watch the video showing what happened afterwards (it's not in English) and read the brief official press release about the accident. We will update this story as more information becomes available.Continue reading Audi R18 suffers huge crash during Le Mans practice, driver conscious and alert Audi R18 suffers huge crash during Le Mans practice, driver conscious and alert originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More... |
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