F3 driver Peroni suffers back injury in frightening airborne crash in Monza race
FIA Formula 3 driver Alex Peroni sustained a back injury when he was launched into a terrifying airborne flip at Monza in an incident that left watching Formula 1 drivers stunned.
But F1 is not considering any major changes to its use of the ‘sausage’ kerbs that sent Peroni into the air.
The Campos driver ran wide at the Parabolica and hit the kerb, flipped in the air and landed upside down on the tyre barriers at the exit of the corner.
The car rolled upright and Peroni walked away unaided. He was taken to hospital for checks and diagnosed with a broken vertebra. He is in hospital under observation as MN went to press.
The kerb was immediately torn up following the F3 race, delaying F1’s final practice session.
Asked if the FIA would respond to the crash by changing its use of such kerbs elsewere, FIA race director Michael Masi said: “No, I don’t think you can generalise in that regard at all to be quite honest. It was a freak incident, is the best way to put it, even when you look at it now.
“From our end we will continue looking at everything, various solutions, what they are. And we will evolve when we find other better things in different areas, different circumstances, and different corners obviously – and if there are different profiles of corners and different speeds.
“From my understanding that [kerb] has been there at least two or three years.”
The FIA’S investigation has already begun, with Masi making it clear there will be a ‘forensic’ analysis of the crash.
He said preliminary evidence suggested the kerb was not broken nor loose prior to the accident.