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“He was extricated by the attending medical crew and has been transferred by ambulance to Hospital General De Granollers for precautionary checks.”. Estonian Vips has impressed throughout his junior racing career, having championed the ADAC Formula 4 in 2017 and fought for the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship title alongside team-mate Dan Ticktum. Find out more about RaceFans and contact us here. En 2014 , firmó con Carlin para la temporada 2014 , anotando su primer punto en el campeonato, terminando 10º ganando 1 punto en el Gran Premio de Pau . At least two weeks for recovery plus rehab time. Hope it is just heat exhaustion. Going into the 2021 Formula 2 season the biggest talking point wasn’t about any drivers or teams, but the new race weekend format. In Mugello he immediately took a podium place in the sprint race. Vips will also contest at least the Monza and Mugello races. Vips will remain in the car for round 10 of the 2020 season. 16 Aug 2020. The Medical Car was sent to the scene. While Formula 1 felt the public brunt of the coronavirus pandemic, the virus also put the Formula 2 and Formula 3 categories on hiatus. Estonian Vips has impressed throughout his junior racing career, having championed the ADAC Formula 4 in 2017 and fought for the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship title alongside team-mate Dan Ticktum. That will take his recovery until after Sochi, which is currently the final race on the Formula 2 calendar. Formula 2. ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana) 15th August 2020, 23:10. Gelael suffered a back injury, sustaining a broken D4 vertebra in an impact with a kerb on the last lap of the F2 feature race at Barcelona last weekend, and has been ruled out for the next three rounds. Gelael was involved in an incident with Jack Aitken on the final lap of the race, the aftermath of which was shown in the broadcast. It did look strange how still he was sitting in the car with seemingly no damage and nobody around him. Guanyu Zhou knows he won't get too many more chances if he is to become China's first F1 driver, with fierce competition within the ranks of Alpine's junior stable. Gelael was injured in Round 6 of the season at Barcelona when his DAMS went airborne on the final lap of the Feature Race and landed hard on the kerb. There is a post on Social media, I believe from him (galaelized) stating he has a fractured D4 vertebrae, mid spine. t1redmonkey (@t1redmonkey) 15th August 2020, 22:40. well officially the F2 twitter account has said there will be confirmation in the morning as to whether he will take part in the sprint race. It’s frighteningly similar to the position of Wilson’s head at Pocono. As a consequence of George Russell's step up to Mercedes to cover for the COVID-positive Lewis Hamilton, Jack Aitken will make his Formula 1 debut for Williams at the Sakhir Grand Prix. I will be out for 6 weeks minimum..…” gelaelized Sean Gelael. Required fields are marked *. Sean Gelael will return to his Formula 2 drive with DAMS in Bahrain, after a four-round lay-off following a fracture to his back in August’s Barcelona round. Formula 2 driver Sean Gelael has been ruled out of the rest of the weekend after sustaining a back injury in a crash during Saturday’s feature race. The Indonesian driver stopped on track on the final lap of the feature race, and had to be extricated from his car and taken to hospital. Gelael was extricated from the car and taken to the nearby Hospital General De Granollers by ambulance. Barcelona F2: Matsushita wins frantic race from 18th place, Gelael to miss Barcelona sprint race after fracturing spine. The Estonian driver, still only 20, is standing-in for regular team driver Sean Gelael, who continues to recover from a previous racing injury. Just checked Twitter (so take with caution), but apparently he has suffered some vertebrae fractures after suffering 45G at some point in the car. 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Carlin has helped guide enough drivers to Formula 1 to fill out an entire grid, plus a handful of reserves, to create a remarkable alumni list. Formula 2 driver Sean Gelael has been ruled out of the rest of the weekend after sustaining a back injury in a crash during Saturday’s feature race. Lawson is already connected to Hitech, in Formula 3. ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana) 16th August 2020, 9:14. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Gelael suffered a small back fracture in Saturday’s Feature Race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after suffering a heavy landing when he ran over a kerb. It looks like thin tyres on 18″ wheel worsen impact on sausage kerb. Formula 1 Race Director Michael Masi says all kerbs installed at grands prix are “absolutely fit for use” in the wake of the injury sustained by Sean Gelael in Formula 2’s race in Spain. We will wait and see what the future will bring.”. Apparently, it transpired that Indonesian driver Sean Gelael struck stray debris from the accident. Robert Shwartzman and Guanyu Zhou joined the Japanese driver on the podium, while an unhappy championship leader Callum Ilott had to settle for fifth. Participó en el Campeonato Europeo de Fórmula 3 de la FIA en 2013 , uniéndose al equipo Double R Racing . Promoted content from around the web | Become a RaceFans Supporter to hide this ad and others, I say itmight be a good thing – maybe they will finally get rid of these awful sausage kerbs, as they can now monitor “running off track” using other means, which is not dangerous for cars and drivers. “The FIA advises that an incident occurred during the final lap of the FIA Formula 2 Feature Race today, in Barcelona, involving Sean Gelael,” the statement read. In that championship, the New Zealander finished fifth after three consecutive failures. Hope he gets well soon. Footage showed Gelael’s car stationary in the run-off area before the turn 14/15 chicane. Gelael announced his absence on Instagram a short time ago. I don’t know severe that D4 mid-spine fracture is but I think it could take him months to recover so we won’t see him racing anymore in this season. Your email address will not be published. What is the point? “The DAMS driver was immediately attended to by emergency and medical crews. F2 boss declares new weekend format a "success", F1’s feeder series champions – hits and misses, What is the difference between F1 and F2? In addition to that, Juan Manuel Correa also landed in hospital with two broken legs and a spinal injury. Was Formula 2’s radical format switch a success? Gelael, who has previously participated in five Formula 1 practice sessions for Toro Rosso, has completed in the … I saw the shot of him right at the end of the race and my very first thought was the live feed had frozen up because it looked like he was not moving at all. Gelael suffered a broken vertebra when he landed heavily on a kerb after contact with Jack Aitken while they battled for position on the last lap of Saturady’s race. Any series is welcome, from Formula 2 and Indy Lights, all the way down to Formula 4 and Karting. According to a statement by the FIA, the Indonesian driver was helped out of the car by the medical team and was then transferred to a nearby hospital for precautionary checks. Gelael suffered a vertebra fracture when he suffered a heavy landing after running over a kerb in the final sector of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya while battling against Jack Aitken. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Gelael ground to a halt on the final lap of Saturday’s main race with just two corners to go and appeared unable to get out of the car under his own power. The Estonian is to replace regular driver Sean Gelael, who suffered a back injury in an impact with a kerb on the last lap of the feature race at Barcelona last weekend. If things stay as they are, Gelael will miss the rest of … You can watch it in F1 TV Pro if you are a subscriber, Patrick (@paeschli) 16th August 2020, 12:51. As per Motorsport, Gelael’s injury was the result of a 45g impact with a kerb, the raised edging of the track. Created partly out of financial necessity but also to spice up the action, the Bahrain opener provided a snapshot of the positives and negatives to come. But then they zoomed out and I was then really confused because it looked like he’d just come to a stop in the middle of that run off section in that last chicane and not crashed or hit anything. DAMS FIA Formula 2 driver Sean Gelael has suffered a back fracture after a heavy impact with a kerb in Saturday's feature race in Barcelona. Sean Gelael will return to his Formula 2 drive with DAMS in Bahrain, after a four-round lay-off following a fracture to his back in August's Barcelona round. Sean Gelael suffered a vertebral fracture in yesterday's F2 race, and it is reported that he will be out of racing for at least two weeks. His head was like leaning to one side in an awkward position so I was a bit concerned but didn’t think anything more of it until I read this article. Son Mick put that right in 2020, and proved to Ferrari that he was deserving of a shot at motorsport's elite category in 2021…. 15th August 2020, 19:0010th February 2021, 21:16 | Written by Keith Collantine. [OT] First released footage of F2 driver Sean Gelael's accident in Spain. Sean Gelael suffered a mid spine D4 fracture in his Saturday's Spanish F2 feature race crash but is expected to make a full recovery. It later emerged that he had injured his back after what was reported to be a 45g impact with a kerb. Sean Gelael en Hockenheimring 2014. He suffered a broken back and had to sit out for almost the entierty of the season. Sean Gelael is set to miss the next four rounds of the Formula 2 championship due to the back injury he sustained in Spain. (Image: Supplied/Dutch Photo Agency) The Indonesian driver suffered an unseen incident on the final lap, with a statement from his DAMS team stating that he “went airborne and landed hard.”.