Motorsport: A teenager F3 driver in the air and in the media platform in a horror crash

A German teenager confided that she felt good, just hours after an accident at 172 km / h at high speed in Formula 3, which caused her a broken spine and several other injuries.

The car of Sophia Floersch left the track in a frightful accident to go on a media platform during the Grand Prix of Macau, Sunday.

Incredibly, the 17-year-old girl consulted Twitter a few hours later to reveal that she was fine and that she was going to be operated on Monday morning.

"I just wanted everyone to know that I'm fine but I'm going to have surgery tomorrow morning," Floersch wrote on Twitter.

& # 39; Thanks to @fia and @hwaag_official @ MercedesAMGF1 who take great care of me. Thank you all for the messages of support. Update soon. & # 39;

The Van Amersfoort Racing pilot lost control of the Lisboa curve before flying over the barriers and entering a photographic bunker at high speed.

Floersh cut the rail, collided with the back of the pilot Jehan Daruvala before being lifted into the air by a collision with Sho Tsuboi's car.

This car catapulted her Van Amersfoot Racing car in the air and she went through fencing to get to a platform used by photographers on the Macau track.

A slow-motion video shows the car heading back to the platform, while stewards and terrified surveillance marshals hiding to hide from the other side of the road. fence.

Floersch's car cuts the top of the fence just before hitting the deck, flipping it over and seeing the top side crush on the temporary structure.

With the debris flying around, the car is momentarily upside down before falling back to the ground.

The marshals quickly recover their calm and rush to the rescue of the teenager and other wounded.

Japanese pilot Sho Tsuboi, in which Floersch crashed, was taken to the hospital with back pain.

Injured Marshal Chan Cha In suffered a deep cut in the face, a fractured jaw and abrasion of the upper wall of his abdomen.

Photographer Chan Weng Wang suffered a laceration of the liver and was observed at the hospital, while the other photographer, Minami Hiroyuki, suffered a concussion and remains under observation.

"All were aware during their transit to the hospital and are currently undergoing medical treatment. Other updates will be provided as soon as possible, "said the Organizing Committee of the Macao Grand Prix in a statement.

Dramatic images captivated the crowd as Floersch's machine flew through the air to sneak into a protective net at the Lisboa curve of the Guia circuit, a sharp right-handed man.

The German teenager, 16th, lost control of a touch in the straight line, launched a sidewalk and bounced on Tsuboi's TOM race car.

A medical report sent to AFP indicates that Floersch was admitted to the emergency ward of a Macau hospital with a fractured spine and stable vital signs.

Prior to the accident, Floersh shared his enthusiasm for the Macau Grand Prix on his social networks.

& # 39; Let's start the party in Macau! & # 39; she wrote with him on Instagram three days ago.

Beside a picture of her pulling a face in her car, she wrote: "She had a bad start and did not feel aggressive enough to gain more positions."

But she seemed to have gone astray later and shared a selfie taken with two police officers on Instagram.