Ernesto Viso almost fatal crash at Magny Cours (30 June 2007) GP2
- 6 years ago
Ernesto José "E. J." Viso Lossada (born in Caracas on March 19, 1985) is a Venezuelan professional racing driver.
At French Grand Prix Ernesto Viso has emerged relatively uninjured from a massive accident on the first lap of the GP2 race at Magny Cours this afternoon. His race ended on the first lap in a spectacular collision with Michael Ammermüller and Kazuki Nakajima in which his car somersaulted over the barriers at tremendous speed, smashing through an advertising hoarding and narrowly missing a bridge (as luck would have it, hitting the board saved him from clouting the bridge and probably more severe injuries), leaving him only a severe concussion and painful arm. Viso went off at the Adelaide hairpin as he moved to avoid contact with a slowing car aheda of him, but was propelled into the air rolling over the concrete barrier and wall before coming to a rest.
The race was red flagged for an hour while medical crews extracted him from the car, but it is understood he was conscious in the medical centre. He is understood to be slightly concussed and will be kept in hospital overnight for observation.
This crash was very similar to the one of Marco Campos that happened on the same track in 1995, leading to Campos's death. Campos died of severe head trauma after hitting his head on the concrete barrier. Viso was only inches away from the same fate.
He has raced in the 2005 and 2006 GP2 Series seasons, and has also driven the third car for Spyker MF1 Racing. In 2007 he competed in the GP2 Series for Racing Engineering. In 2014 he made his season debut for the Stadium Super Trucks in the Long Beach Grand Prix. He most recently drove for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series.
At French Grand Prix Ernesto Viso has emerged relatively uninjured from a massive accident on the first lap of the GP2 race at Magny Cours this afternoon. His race ended on the first lap in a spectacular collision with Michael Ammermüller and Kazuki Nakajima in which his car somersaulted over the barriers at tremendous speed, smashing through an advertising hoarding and narrowly missing a bridge (as luck would have it, hitting the board saved him from clouting the bridge and probably more severe injuries), leaving him only a severe concussion and painful arm. Viso went off at the Adelaide hairpin as he moved to avoid contact with a slowing car aheda of him, but was propelled into the air rolling over the concrete barrier and wall before coming to a rest.
The race was red flagged for an hour while medical crews extracted him from the car, but it is understood he was conscious in the medical centre. He is understood to be slightly concussed and will be kept in hospital overnight for observation.
This crash was very similar to the one of Marco Campos that happened on the same track in 1995, leading to Campos's death. Campos died of severe head trauma after hitting his head on the concrete barrier. Viso was only inches away from the same fate.
He has raced in the 2005 and 2006 GP2 Series seasons, and has also driven the third car for Spyker MF1 Racing. In 2007 he competed in the GP2 Series for Racing Engineering. In 2014 he made his season debut for the Stadium Super Trucks in the Long Beach Grand Prix. He most recently drove for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series.