Car flies over crash barrier in banked turn during touring car race in Argentina

18:21, 17 Jan 2021

While the F1 world is in deep hibernation, it is of course high summer in the southern hemisphere. In Argentina, which is in the final phase of the title race with its competitive Super TC 2000 championship, there is plenty of racing going on despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Kombocht like Zandvoort

In one of the touring car classes in the supporting program of the Super TC 2000, things went very wrong at the Autodromo de Parana on Sunday. Just like at the renewed Circuit Zandvoort, they have turned the fastest corner on this circuit into a curve. This video proves that it is important to have good fences around it.

Shortly after the start, a car spun on the inside of the curve and the cars behind could not move. Two of them were overturned, launching one car over the fence. After a series of somersaults, it ended up in a field between the straw bales. Everyone got out unharmed.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Car flies over crash barrier in banked turn during touring car race in Argentina

Kombocht like Zandvoort

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