Derani, a earlier general winner at Sebring, was main the IMSA SportsCar Championship endurance race within the #31 Motion Specific Cadillac when he tried to overhaul the #21 AF Corse Ferrari of Miguel Molina via Turns 9 and 10.
In a surprising flip of occasions, he clipped the left-front of the GTD Ferrari, sliding off observe and immediately in direction of the the blue and white tyre pack.
The influence was head-on, and the automobile instantly launched upwards and rolled over, sending tyres flying in direction of spectators. The automobile got here to a relaxation the other way up and on high of the barrier.
Fortunately, the Brazilian driver was unhurt and managed to stroll away from the crash below his personal energy. There have been no reviews of accidents among the many followers both.
Derani had a lead in extra of 11 seconds on the time of the incident. The complete-course yellow lasted over half-hour as they made repairs to the boundaries.
“I am alright, thank God,” Derani advised NBC Sports activities after being launched from the infield care centre.
“Dallara and Cadillac constructed a robust automobile. It is a kind of days when abruptly, issues go the other way up — actually.
“I am glad I am okay. Only a disgrace, as a result of we had a extremely robust automobile. The Whelen Engineering V-Collection.R was going robust and as you’ll be able to see there, not a lot I might have carried out. The wall got here up fairly fast. The second I used to be heading to the wall, I knew the race was over.
“Yeah, first time for me flipping a race automobile. Not the nicest feeling to be the other way up till they will flip the automobile round, however good that I am racing in 2024 and never within the ’60s.”
#31 Motion Specific Racing Cadillac V-Collection.R: Pipo Derani, Jack Aitken, Tom Blomqvist
Photograph by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images
Derani additionally spoke of the sensation of being trapped, having to attend for observe employees to prise open the door of his Cadillac.
“It is just a bit annoying if you attempt to open the door and you’ll’t,” he mentioned.
“You begin pondering whether or not there’s hearth or something like that. However, fortunately, every part was alright.
“The protection crew was there shortly, so I used to be giving them indicators that I used to be OK. As soon as you’ll be able to see them exterior, you realise that every part might be OK.”
He credited the tyre pack for absorbing a lot of the influence, saying he felt no ache afterwards.
As for blame, he mentioned of the preliminary contact: “We overtake 1000’s and 1000’s of automobiles via a race like this. It is simply a kind of moments. Perhaps he did not see, let go a bit bit and there I used to be.
“Perhaps I used to be simply anticipating him to carry his line to the best, realizing I used to be going to go on the left.
“It is simply a kind of conditions the place it occurs with out you having any likelihood of pondering whether or not it is best to have carried out one thing completely different or not.
“It is a part of multi-class racing.”
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