SLOW ZONE The #14 Nielsen Racing crashes into the barrier in the Dunlop chicane.#WEC #LeMans24 #LeMansCentenary pic.twitter.com/YWeXcFRwp4
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First major crash in 24 hours of Le Mans
Toby McLuskie
The first big crash in the famous 24-hour race did not take long to happen. After only about an hour and a half, Rodrigo Sales for the Nielsen Racing team went hard into the wall at the first corner. The safety car was not deployed by race control, only a so-called 'slow zone' was used.
