Formula 3 driver Alex Peroni escaped unhurt after a dangerous car crash during Formula 3 race at Italian Grand Prix on Saturday. The incident happened during Formula 3 feature race event at the Monza circuit. The 19-year-old remained safe after the accident. The accident occurred when only four laps were remaining in the race. The Australian racer was lucky to escape unhurt after the horrific accident, which shivered many F1 racing fans and others on Twitter. The video of the crash started doing the rounds on social media. Anthoine Hubert Dies in Car Crash at Belgian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton and Others From Racing World Pay Tribute to Formula 2 Driver.
In the video, Peroni’s car hit the fencing of the race track while taking a sharp turn. He lost his balance while taking a high-speed Parabolica turn. His car hit a sausage kerb during the moment, which led to the crash. No other car was involved in the accident. Peroni was at the sixth place when he suffered the crash. Have a look at the video below.
Alex Peroni Espaces Horrific Accident!
Alex Peroni walked away from this shocking crash in F3 at Monza, but the outside kerb at Parabolica is sure to draw scrutiny from F1. pic.twitter.com/TqG33h76aM
— F1i (@F1icom) September 7, 2019
After watching the video of the crash, many people responded on Twitter. While some were happy that Peroni walked out safely, others were angry over placing of sausage kerbs on the race track. Have a look at some of the tweets.
Thank God!
What a lucky lad. Thank goodness 🙏🏻
— Helen Wilce (@hwilce) September 7, 2019
Peroni is Safe!
Glad he is ok !👍
— Jason Genders (@genders_jason) September 7, 2019
Dangerous Accident!
These kerbs need to go
— Edd Devlin (@DevlinEdd) September 7, 2019
Why the Kerb!
That crash looks like a bad bug in a computer game. Hopefully nobody was hurt and that that's the end of sausage kerbs/trampolines in open wheel racing.
— James McKenzie (@cevert73) September 7, 2019
After the accident, authorities rescued Peroni from his car and took him safely for medical treatment. Formula 3 informed that Peroni was safe after the accident and was under medical observation. Meanwhile, Robert Schwartzman won the race. The event comes after one week of Anthoine Hubert’s tragic death during a Formula 2 race event in Belgium. Hubert's car had crashed with another racer Juan Manual Correa's car during a race at Belgian Grand Prix.
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