Adrien Fourmaux did not finish the Monte-Carlo Rally won by Sébastien Loeb.
Last Friday, the Ford driver suffered an impressive crash in a corner sending the Puma into the ditch.
The images posted online by Canal + with the on-board camera already showed that the shock had been brutal.
A new sequence, put online by a spectator present in the bend, makes it possible to better take the measure of the violence of the exit from the road.
In these images, we can see the car arriving at full speed and literally flying through the air for several tens of meters, brushing against a tree before finishing its race below.
Fortunately, Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria were not injured.
The duo, who were able to get out of the car quickly, underwent medical examinations which revealed nothing serious.
"The new cell worked really well, we are both unscathed even if I have a little pain in my leg
," confirmed the driver a little later, referring to the new safety standards imposed on Championship cars. of the world of rallies.
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Noting the constant improvement in performance since 2017 and the previous generation of racing cars, the International Federation had decided to reinforce the protective structure in the car this season with an extremely robust new roll bar which played its role perfectly last Friday.
The Ford Puma of Adrian Fourmaux WRC