News Details

Former F1 driver Wilson dies after IndyCar crash

Former Formula 1 driver Justin Wilson passed away on Monday night following a freak accident at the ABC Supply 500 IndyCar race at the Pocono Raceway. The 37-year-old, who drove for Minardi/Jaguar Racing during the 2003 F1 season, scoring a single point thanks to an eighth place finish at the United States Grand Prix, was struck on the head by a piece of debris from a rivals car. The leader of the race, rookie Sage Karam, span as he entered Turn 1 on lap 179, hitting the barriers and causing debris to fly into the path of Wilson. The Briton was transferred to hospital where he was reportedly in a coma, until his death on Monday. "This is a monumentally sad day for IndyCar and the...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Former F1 driver Wilson dies

British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died on Monday after suffering a...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Wilson passes away after freak accident

Justin Wilson has died as a result of head injuries sustained during the...
9y ago from PlanetF1.com

Former F1 racer Wilson dies aged 37

Former Formula 1 racer and IndyCar star Justin Wilson has died aged 37....
9y ago from RichlandF1.com

Former F1 driver Justin Wilson critically injured in...

Former Formula 1 driver Justin Wilson has been critically injured in a...
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Francesco Bagnaia labels Thai MotoGP victory...

Francesco Bagnaia labelled his Thai MotoGP victory as a 'stressful' race...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Francesco Bagnaia closes title gap with win in...

t;li>Ducati rider makes most of treacherous conditionsTitle race...
19h ago from TheGuardian.com

Francesco Bagnaia dominates to take rain-affected Thai...

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia dominated a rain-affected Thai MotoGP race...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IMS debuts 11 special Taylor Swift helmets to...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway revealed 11 special racing helmets on Friday,...

Graham Rahal hoping better luck helps him rebound in...

Graham Rahal believes a continued streak of bad luck has played a major...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kuldar Sikk recovering from broken spine at Central...

Kuldar Sikk broke his spine and underwent emergency surgery after an...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool: Premier League – as it...

Salah’s late goal earned Liverpool a point in a tense match with...
9h ago from TheGuardian.com

Theo Walcott 100% agrees with Van Dijk's Arsenal stab...

Virgil van Dijk was of a mind that Arsenal's so-called 'injury crisis' was...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.