Ernesto Viso appears to have escaped serious injury following a massive accident in the GP2 feature race at Magny-Cours saw him barrel-roll over a retaining wall on the run to the Nurburgring chicane.
The Venezuelan was attempting to make up early places when he was launched over the back of Michael Ammermuller's ART Grand Prix car following initial contact with Kazuki Nakajima, as the three appeared to be close to running three abreast. The flight of the car was then such that, after being pitched on its end by first touchdown, it hit the wall and rolled along its length before disappearing on the infield side. The driver's helmet was close to the concrete on first impact, but it is understood that the top of the nose section just ahead of the cockpit bore the brunt of the collision.
Although there was little movement from the cockpit, and medical team quickly encircled the car, Viso is thought to have got away lightly.
"It was a huge, huge accident," a spokesman for the driver told Crash.net, "Fortunately, Ernesto's father has told me that EJ is uninjured, other than taking a hit to one arm.
"Just for precaution, he will spend tonight at the hospital in Nevers, but I repeat that he is okay and without any serious injury."
The Venezuelan, who only returned to the series with Racing Engineering this weekend, is also understood to have suffered a concussion, but is otherwise unharmed.
"Today has been a day with three bits of good news for Racing Engineering but, first and most important, Ernesto is fine after his horrific crash," team boss Alfonso d'Orleans Borbon confirmed, "We haven't yet got the official report from the FIA doctors, but we have been told that he's conscious, talking and out of danger - although they will keep him under observation."
The race was suspended for nearly an hour while the clear-up was completed, but had already lost five cars, with the iSport duo of Andi Zuber and Timo Glock having taken each other out at the start.
Source: MSN.co.uk
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