Sophia Floersch, 17, 270 km/h Formula 3 crash

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Sophia Floersch, 17, 270 km/h Formula 3 crash

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what the hell is a 17yr old girl doing driving a Formula
car ? glad she'll be ok



German teen Sophia Floersch, 17, suffers spinal fracture in 270 km/h Formula 3 crash



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German teenager Sophia Floersch has suffered a spinal fracture in a terrifying 270km/h crash at the Formula 3 street race at Macau on Sunday.

Floersch, 17, was sent hurtling into the barriers lining the edge of the race track when her car vaulted over another car. Videos from the grandstands do not show the leadup to the crash, although it later emerged that Floersch had tangled with another rival on the flat-out run down to the Lisboa corner.

She then lost control of her damaged car and was launched over the kerbs and another competitor's vehicle. Speed-trap data from the braking zone of that corner shows Floersch had been travelling at 276.2 km/h.

The damage to the barriers briefly halted the race. Macau GP organisers said Floersch was conscious and taken to the hospital, with a spinal fracture later given as the initial diagnosis. The teenager later tweeted to say she was OK and and confirmed she will have surgery on Monday.

The car hit an area populated with photographers and race marshals, and four others were sent to hospital with Floersch. The driver of the car Floersch vaulted over, Sho Tsuboi, was sent for lumbar pain.

The injured marshal, Chan Cha In, suffered a laceration of the face and a fractured jaw. Two photographers at the corner were also taken to hospital -- Chan Weng Wang sustained a liver laceration and is being observed, while Hiroyuki Minami suffered a concussion.

The race, which also featured newly-crowned F3 champion Mick Schumacher, was eventually won by Red Bull junior driver Dan Ticktum.

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While the name escapes me there is a 16 year old kid racing 410 Sprint cars, he started USAC Midgets at 14.
410 Sprinters are way more powerful than Formula 3
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If I did the arithmetic correctly, her speed was 170 mph.
Holy Cow.
It looks like her car banged wheels with another car.
In an open wheel car that usually means disaster.
Hope she recovers ok.
She could wind up paralyzed.
A friend had an accident on a 1/3 mile oval after a similar crash in a midget racer.
He spent the rest of his life in a wheel chair.
Racing is dangerous.
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Woman driver, expect a crash!
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Ten women so far have qualified and entered the Indy 500.
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outgunnu, don't you wish you could drive like a girl?
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Hope she's ok. Talent doesn't care about gender. Haven't really looked into it, but I'd wager that she started out at a young age, perhaps racing karts...
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lol just kidding.
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lol just kidding.

She made a full recovery and she's kicking ass!

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... PxvTJ.html
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