A massive crash involving Anthony Davidson in his Toyota TS030 Hybrid happened in the fifth hour of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012.
Davidson tried to lap the AF Corse Ferrari driven by Piergiuseppe Perazzini on the approach to Mulsanne Corner. The Italian apparently didn’t see him coming and just shut the door for the Toyota driver. The Ferrari collided with the Toyota, which flipped through the air before crashing into the barrier. The Ferrari also flipped on its roof after hitting the barrier.
Perazzini was able to get out of his car but Davidson initially climbed out of his car before laying down on the car’s sidepod. He was taken to the medical center and Toyota has confirmed Davidson is fully conscious, but suffers from shock and back pains.
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WTH is it the last two years with these accidental assassin 458 drivers ? Last year we had two trying to take out the Audi’s … this year so far we’ve got one that aimed for the Toyota . Methinks its time LMS rethinks the whole Amateur driver mandate …… along with allowing complete experimental cars ( vs an experimental technology or two ) in 24 hour events with 200+ speeds ( that Nissan Delta Wing(nut ) was a disaster waiting to happen …. and it did )
I was thinking exactly the same about Ferrari drivers…
I don’t understand pay drivers in a competition with experimental innovative cars, what do we play to rich amateurs or to I+D???
Delta Wing did nothing wrong and it proved itself and its results besides retiring which was not the drivers nor the cars fault.