Hong Kong E-Prix winner Felix Rosenqvist hospitalised after horror crash
- Rosenqvist was Hong Kong E-Prix champion in 2017
- It appears his throttle jams as he ploughs deep into a tire barrier
Former Hong Kong E-Prix champion Felix Rosenqvist was hospitalised overnight following a wall-smashing crash on Saturday early in the IndyCar race on Belle Isle.
Arrow McLaren SP said Oliver Askew will replace Rosenqvist in Sunday’s race. Askew made 12 starts for the team last year but was replaced by Rosenqvist after the season.
The throttle appeared to stick in Rosenqvist’s car as he entered the sixth turn at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park. With no way to stop or slow his car, the Swede slammed into a tire barrier with enough force to move the retaining wall.
Some of the tires even went over the wall and Rosenqvist’s car was stuck nose-up at a nearly 45-degree angle jammed into the scattered tire barrier. He seemed to struggle to catch his breath, and IndyCar’s safety team placed Rosenqvist in a neck brace while extricating him.
He was taken to DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital after he was seen in the trackside medical centre “for advanced imaging and evaluation by the trauma and neurological services,” said Dr Geoffery Billows, the IndyCar medical director.
