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28th Aug 2016

Kevin Magnussen walked away from this huge crash that caused a red flag at the Belgium Grand Prix

He had a very lucky escape here

Rob Burnett

Kevin Magnussen has walked away from a huge crash in the Belgium Grand Prix that caused the race to be red flagged.

The Renault driver lost control of his Formula 1 car as he crested the hill at Raidillon, after the Eau Rouge corner.

The car flipped around and he was pitched into the tyre barrier at such high speed that his headrest was ripped from the car and thrown clear.

The race director Charlie Whiting chose to red flag the race after the crash to allow the marshals time to repair the tyre barrier.

The car was a mess but Danish driver Magnussen walked away from the crash and it was later revealed he had an ankle injury.

https://twitter.com/BigSportGB/status/769874049572954112

And here you can see the damage to his car:

Ironically, a mechanic from the Williams team ended up with a much more painful injury after he dislocated his knee moving tyres around at the back of the garage.

In the race itself, Mercedes man Nico Rosberg was leading from Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, Force India’s Niko Hulkenberg and McLaren’s Fernando Alonso.

Incredibly Lewis Hamilton was up to fifth in his Mercedes – despite the fact he started from the very back of the grid.

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