The grandson of two-time Formula 1 satellite champion Emerson Fittipaldi has been airlifted to infirmary aft a fearfulness mishap astatine the commencement of the F2 diagnostic contention successful Saudi Arabia.
Enzo Fittipaldi, who started from 18th connected the grid, appeared not to announcement Theo Pourchaire, successful third, had stalled connected the grid.
Fittipaldi, who started connected the left, crossed to the close manus broadside of the way and ran into the backmost of the UNI-Virtuosi car astatine unabated speed, sending debris everywhere, including implicit the information obstruction and into the pit lane.
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The contention was reddish flagged portion aesculapian unit rushed to the scene, with some Pourchaire and Fittipaldi transferred to hospital.
"Both Pourchaire and Fittipaldi were instantly attended to by exigency and aesculapian crews," organisers said successful a statement.
"The drivers were conscious and extricated by the attending aesculapian crews and person been transferred to King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah."
Purchaire, 1 of the astir breathtaking talents successful the sport, is wide expected to marque the measurement up to Formula 1 successful 2023. He has since tweeted that helium is OK, but isn't definite if he'll instrumentality portion successful the season-ending circular astatine Abu Dhabi adjacent weekend.
"For the infinitesimal I don't cognize if it's already the extremity of the play for me," helium wrote.
"But the astir important is not that, that was a truly large 1 and Enzo is injured.
"I privation him the champion betterment possible."
Fittipaldi's injuries are chartless astatine this stage, though the beforehand of his car was severely damaged successful the incident, with the 20-year-old incapable to extract himself from the wreck.
Australia's Oscar Piastri won a shortened contention with lone fractional points awarded, having started from rod position. The contention was red-flagged aft yet different incident, this clip involving Olli Caldwell and Guilherme Samaia, with some drivers uninjured.
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Piastri present has a 51.5 constituent pb implicit his teammate Robert Shwartzman with conscionable 1 circular remaining successful the championship. While it's mathematically imaginable for Piastri to beryllium caught, it's highly unlikely.
The 20-year-old from Melbourne is aiming to go the archetypal Australian to triumph the sport's highest inferior category, and has already signed a woody arsenic Alpine's F1 reserve operator for 2022.
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