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Wehrlein uninjured after wild ride in Sao Paulo E-Prix
TAG Heuer Porsche confirmed Pascal Wehrlein is OK after his heavy crash in the Sao Paulo E-Prix on Saturday.
The reigning Formula E champion flipped into the outside wall on the exit of Turn 6 after contact from Jaguar TCS Racing’s Nick Cassidy, who was unable to make the turn after sustaining damage in a bump with Maximilian Guenther moments earlier.
In a bulletin issued to media, Porsche confirmed Wehrlein was uninjured, but that he had been taken to a local hospital for precautionary checks.
“It is with huge relief that we are able to confirm that Pascal is OK after the on-track incident in race one of the new season,” said a Porsche spokesman. “He’s been taken to hospital for some final checks.”
Speaking of the incident, Wehrlein’s teammate Antonio Felix da Costa – who finished the race in second – expressed his relief that Wehrlein was all right and said the incident highlighted how far motorsport safety has come.
“I think it's a reminder that our sport is dangerous,” he said. “It's a reminder that we have to race with respect amongst everyone. I'm not at all putting fault to either Nick or Pascal, I'm sure both of them are very fair drivers.
“I'm glad that he's is OK, but it's a good reminder that what we do is dangerous, and we need to race with respect. Our cars are getting faster, some of these tracks are tight, are bumpy. We need to know how to go side by side. I’m just glad to see that he's good and that the safety of these cars is very good.”
Dominik Wilde
Dominik often jokes that he was born in the wrong country – a lover of NASCAR and IndyCar, he covered both in a past life as a junior at Autosport in the UK, but he’s spent most of his career to date covering the sliding and flying antics of the U.S.’ interpretation of rallycross. Rather fitting for a man that says he likes “seeing cars do what they’re not supposed to do”, previously worked for a car stunt show, and once even rolled a rally car with Travis Pastrana. He was also comprehensively beaten in a kart race by Sebastien Loeb once, but who hasn’t been?
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