[VIDEO] No. 64 Corvette C8.R Battling for First When Disaster Strikes, Knocked Out of Race

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[VIDEO] No. 64 Corvette C8.R Battling for First When Disaster Strikes, Knocked Out of Race


Corvette Racing’s No. 64 C8.R was battling the #51 Ferrari for the class lead in GTE Pro when it was hit by the #83 AF Corse LMP2 on the Mulsanne straight. The side by side contact sent Alexander Sims into the barrier, spinning the car around and coming to rest against it. Sims was able to exit the car and thankfully he is fine.

The no. 63 Corvette had just been retired prior to the crash due to “significant mechanical damage” so our race for the year is done.


You can see a replay of the crash here:


To his credit, Francois Perrodo went directly to Corvette Racing and apologized for causing the crash. Race organizers gave Perrodo and the #83 @AFCorse a 3 minute stop and go penalty as well as 2 penalty points for causing a collision with Sims.


Source:
CorvetteRacingFans

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7 COMMENTS

  2. Not surprising whatsoever. The Corvettes always seem to find trouble whether at fault of not.

  4. Very interesting that an AF Corse LMP2 car boldly takes out the Corvette (which was in the lead by over a minute and just cruising to a potential victory) only to have the lead taken over by, you guessed it, the AF Corse Ferrari….Hmmmmmmm.

  6. If you look closely you can see the driver of the car that hit the corvette was reacting to the blue car to his right suddenly jilting to the left. An over reaction to be sure, but it seems like an honest mistake rather than a blatant attempt to take corvette out of the lead.
    Unfortunate and frustrating to be sure.

  7. However… If you read the driver’s own comments, he claims he just steered left too soon.

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