Adrian Newey, full-time F1 technical director for Red Bull Racing and part-time racer, found himself in a spot of bother on the weekend while taking part in a Ginetta G50 race at Snetterton in the UK.
On lap 10 of the 18 lap race Newey was pushed wide by a competitor before suffering reasonably heavy contact on the final corner with Tony Hughes. After the impact Hughes was able to free himself from the car and he appeared okay. Newey, however, was taken to hospital for observation.
Lawrence Tomlinson, Ginetta chairman released the following statement, “Adrian has been taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure after being clipped by Julien Draper of Barwell Motorsport which caused Tony Hughes of Speedworks to have a side on collision with Newey’s DynoJet car.
“It’s testament to the strength of the G50 roll cage that the car withstood heavy impact and there were no serious injuries.”
A YouTube video of the incident is available below.
[Source: autosport | Pic: Red Bull/Getty Images]
3 replies on “Adrian Newey hospitalised after Ginetta G50 crash”
He should have been on the brake after he spun so he didn’t roll back into the path of other drivers. That’s pretty much 101 for track racing, but perhaps there were other issues at play.
“Yep spoke to adrain last night,he’s in good spirits,also said he didn’t have a FLEXI bed in hospital,he’s working on it!!”
– @aussiegrit
Haha, that’s great Chris, thanks for that.