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F1 Academy champion provides well being replace after huge fireball crash
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F1 Academy champion provides well being replace after huge fireball crash

Motorsports April 8, 2025
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Marta Garcia is recovering in hospital after a scary fireball crash on Saturday (Le Mans Cup )

Former champion Marta Garcia has reassured followers she is recovering in hospital after a daunting fireball crash wherein she was momentarily trapped in her smoke-filled automotive.

Garcia, the primary F1 Academy champion in 2023, was taken to hospital for precautionary checks after a high-speed crash whereas racing for the Iron Dames in Saturday’s Le Mans Cup race on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

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Garcia was main the GT3 Class when her Porsche 911 was despatched off monitor after being clipped from behind by Elesio Donno within the AF Corse Ferrari, smashing right into a tyre barrier and rebounding again onto the circuit, with the car then catching hearth.

Garcia was sent into the tyre barrier after being clipped by Elesio Donno in the AF Corse Ferrari (Le Mans Cup)

Garcia was despatched into the tyre barrier after being clipped by Elesio Donno within the AF Corse Ferrari (Le Mans Cup)

The 24-year-old was then scarily caught in her automotive earlier than marshals broke by way of the passenger-side door to assist her escape from the smoke-filled cockpit.

“Yesterday, I skilled one of many hardest moments in my profession,” Garcia wrote on Instagram, alongside an image of her within the hospital the place she was taken for precautionary checks after inhaling some smoke. She was launched from hospital on Tuesday morning.

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“I had a really heavy crash on the Circuit de Barcelona, with an impression of 21 Gs. One other driver hit me from behind and I went straight right into a tyre barrier subsequent to the wall.

“The automotive caught hearth, and though I managed to get out on my own, I inhaled some smoke and felt dizzy afterwards.

‘I couldn’t open my door as a result of it was caught from the impression, and I began panicking as increasingly more smoke was coming into the automotive… till the marshals broke the co-driver’s door and acquired me out.

“I’m so grateful to them for reacting so shortly and for the job they did.”

Donno, 20, took full blame for the incident and apologised with a press release on Instagram, saying: “I want to sincerely apologize to Marta Garcia and the Iron Dames crew for the incident in the course of the Michelin Le Mans Cup race at Montmelò.

Garcia, 24 was taken to hospital for precautionary checks and is ‘recovering well’ (Instagram - @martagarcialopez19)

Garcia, 24 was taken to hospital for precautionary checks and is ‘recovering nicely’ (Instagram – @martagarcialopez19)

“I take full duty for my actions on monitor. Sorry once more.”

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Garcia’s Iron Dames crew additionally launched a press release, expressing their “gratitude” to the trackside marshals for his or her fast response.

“We’re happy to verify that Marta Garcia is recovering nicely following her incident,” a press release learn.

Garcia won the 2023 F1 Academy title (Getty Images)

Garcia gained the 2023 F1 Academy title (Getty Photos)

“After present process in depth medical examinations, she has been cleared of any main accidents and is already again to smiling. As a precaution, she stayed below commentary in a single day and can have a follow-up evaluation.

“We lengthen our gratitude to the trackside and hospital medical groups, in addition to to all of the followers for his or her help. Marta’s well being and security stay our prime precedence, and we sit up for seeing her again on monitor quickly.”

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Garcia gained the inaugural F1 Academy title – the all-female racing collection – in 2023 and raced within the System Regional European Championship final yr, although failed to attain a degree in 20 races.

British driver and can race within the GB3 Championship in 2025.

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