Formula 2 driver Juan Manuel Correa, who was seriously injured last Saturday in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, is currently unaware. That's what his parents said in a statement they posted online.
According to this, an acute respiratory distress syndrome was diagnosed on the arrival of the injured Correa in a clinic in London. It was an injury, which occurs in the face of the violence of the accident, wrote Juan Carlos and Maria Correa. Unfortunately, they have led to a respiratory arrest.
Currently her son is said to be connected to a breathing apparatus. His condition is critical, but stable. "We are confident that our son will surprise us - as he always does - with his tremendous will to fight and his strength, and will fully recover," wrote the parents. They thanked for their son's recovery wishes from within and outside of motorsport. They also asked to respect their privacy.
The 20-year-old Juan Manuel Correa had raced at full throttle into the cross-country car of Frenchman Anthoine Hubert at the race in Belgium after the infamous Eau Rouge turn. Hubert, whose car had previously hit the boundary wall and thrown back onto the road, died a short time later at the Medical Center on the track.
Correa suffered severe leg injuries and a minor vertebral injury in the accident. In Liege, the US-born in Ecuador was operated on for four hours on the night of the disaster. Last Wednesday he was then transported from the hospital to England.
His parents also expressed their condolences to Hubert's parents in their statement. "Our hearts are broken, we can only imagine the pain this loss must have brought upon them," the letter said.