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

Corvette Racing’s No. 64 C8.R was battling the #51 Ferrari for the category lead in GTE Professional when it was hit by the #83 AF Corse LMP2 on the Mulsanne straight. The aspect by aspect contact despatched Alexander Sims into the barrier, spinning the automotive round and coming to relaxation towards it. Sims was in a position to exit the automotive and fortunately he’s high-quality.

The no. 63 Corvette had simply been retired previous to the crash because of “vital mechanical injury” so our race for the 12 months is completed.

You possibly can see a replay of the crash right here:

To his credit score, Francois Perrodo went on to Corvette Racing and apologized for inflicting the crash. Race organizers gave Perrodo and the #83 @AFCorse a 3 minute cease and go penalty in addition to 2 penalty factors for inflicting a collision with Sims.

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