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Pascal Wehrlein suffered a huge airborne accident in the Formula E season-opener.
Porsche has confirmed that Pascal Wehrlein is OK following his horror crash in the Formula E season-opener, where he went airborne and flipped over on lap 30 of the São Paulo E-Prix. Wehrlein, who started from pole position, was in contention for a podium before colliding with Jaguar’s Nick Cassidy at Turn 6. Once his car was flipped back over, he managed to escape the wreckage and was seen walking gingerly next to his destroyed car before being taken to a local hospital for precautionary checks. The Porsche statement expressed huge relief that Wehrlein is okay after the incident and mentioned that he is at the hospital for final checks. Wehrlein’s teammate Antonio Felix da Costa secured significant points for Porsche by finishing in second place, as Wehrlein’s accident became one of the biggest in the history of the all-electric championship. The halo device was credited with saving another life in the crash.
