His car hit a tree head-on during the Var rally on Friday afternoon.
The experienced French driver Ludovic Gal is in serious condition after leaving the road during the special n ° 1, in the town of Gonfaron (Var), reports the local press.
France Bleu specifies that the pilot was transported by helicopter to the Sainte-Anne hospital in Toulon.
Its vital prognosis is engaged.
The car would have struck at full speed the shaft on the driver's side, that of Ludovic Gal.
His co-pilot, Geoffrey Combe, would be slightly injured.
Var-Matin adds that the pilot, multiple trauma and unconscious, was released.
After this accident, the race was neutralized.
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