A spectator injured by debris from Kevin Magnussen’s race car

A spectator was injured by debris from the car driven by Kevin Magnussen as it struck the wall at the end of the race. He recounts his accident.

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On lap 54 of the Australian Grand Prix, Kevin Magnussen violently collided with the wall, losing a wheel and causing numerous debris, one of which injured Australian spectator Will Sweet. He was sitting in a nearby grandstand close to the crash site.

« Kevin Magnussen arrived at the second turn and went down the track. I followed him with my eyes, so I looked to my right, and then straight ahead, apparently some debris flew over the barrier, many people around me moved, and the debris managed to hit me right in the arm. I don’t really know what happened, » he tells Sunrise.

Surprised by the size of this piece of scrap metal, around one meter in length, coming from the car’s wheel rim, he still prefers to remain positive and considers himself relieved to have avoided something worse.

Honestly, I feel quite lucky. It’s not as serious as it could have been, I think,” he says. “The debris was quite large, and my fiancée was standing right next to me. She’s slightly shorter than me, so if the debris had hit my arm, it probably would have hit her head. I’m lucky it wasn’t worse.”

However, he regrets that none of the organization’s staff came to see him after this rare accident. « I spoke to the kind people from the ambulance who somehow treated me and took my contact information, but other than that, I didn’t speak to anyone from the race. »

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