Two W Series drivers taken to hospital after six-car Eau Rouge crash
The multi-car incident occurred just five minutes into qualifying for this weekend’s W Series round at Spa-Francorchamps and caused the session to be ♓red-flagged.
Sarah Moore and Abbie Eaton were the first drivers to spin into the barriers at the 🥂left-hand side at the top of Eau Rouge before they were collected by Visser, Agren and Belen Garcia.
Both Eaton and Visser’s🐼 cars were launched into the air. Fabienne Wolhwend then arrived on the scene at speed and hit Visser.
The W Series confirmed that all drivers were in ꦕthe process of undergoing medical assessment, with Visser and Agren tran🌳sferred to hospital.
"All drivers involved in the incident are undergoing medical assessment and two of the drivers – Ayla Agren and෴ Beitske Visser – have been transferred to hospital for further checks," a W Series statement read.
Following a 30-minute delay due to the red flag, the rain-affected sessio🃏n which followed second practice for Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix got back underway.
Williams academy driver Jamie Chadwick went o🅠n to claim pole position ahe♉ad of championship rival Alice Powell.
It occurred at the same section of track where Anthoine Hubert tragically lost his🙈 life after being hit by Juan Manuel Correa’s car in a Formula 2 race in 2019.
A number of drivers have called for changes to be made to Eau Rougeꦏ and Raidillon in light of recent events.
Man... Eau Rouge corner in Spa needs to making a change. Don’t want to go too deeply into it but when every race weekend we see a huge incident involved in the same corner, we can’t just ignore it and move on.
— Guanyu Zhou (@gyzhou_33)
I hope everyone is ok
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