The scenario for the 12 2024 Hours of Sebring has completely changed in its eighth hour of racing. As he took off at the head of the race on a circuit he knows by heart (quadruple winner), the Brazilian hit the Ferrari 296 GT3 n°21 of AF Corse driven by Miguel Molina.
The race leader lost control of his Cadillac V-Series.R. The latter ended its race on the roof after being embedded in the wall of tires.
Pippos wreck at turn 9. So glad he got out of that! #sebring @AX_Racing pic.twitter.com/P5RML5aImA
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Derani is doing well despite the violence of the shock.
« It's one of those days where everything literally changes, Derani said after his accident. Fortunately, everything went well, the security team arrived quite quickly…
I didn't feel any pain, nothing at all. The tire barriers significantly reduced the impact.
Thanks also to the security team, the car and everyone who came to see if I was okay. »
The Brazilian driver is not sure what happened during the collision with Molina.
« Honestly, I do not know, did he declare. I had a 12 second lead and everything was going well. We pass thousands of cars in a race like this. This is one of those moments...
Maybe he didn't see, he let go a little and I found myself there. Maybe I expected him to keep his line to the right, knowing that I was going to pass to the left.
It's just one of those situations where it happens without you having a chance to think about whether you should have done something different or not. »
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