THERE were scary scenes at the Le Mans 24 Hours race as a driver crashed into the barriers and bounced back on to the track after his steering FAILED.
The Safety Car had to be deployed in the 19th hour of the race after Ayhancan Guven in the No91 Manthey 911 GT3 suffered terminal damage to his car following a collision with the wall.
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There were scary scenes at Le Mans 24 Hours after Ayhancan Guven crashed into the barriers Credit: 24hoursoflemans
Guven crashed after the steering on his Porsche FAILED in the middle of the corner Credit: 24hoursoflemans
Guven, the reigning DTM champion, went straight into the barriers at the Mulsanne chicane after a mechanical issue saw him lose steering in the middle of the corner.
Porsche had been in contention to win a third Le Mans race in a row and were running in fourth, but saw those hopes dashed when Guven crashed out.
The 28-year-old had earlier managed to save the car and get it back to the pits even with a flat tyre, but was powerless to prevent the end of Porsche’s Le Mans race.
Guven went straight on into the barrier at the corner before bouncing into the air and spinning back on to the track where rivals whizzed past as debris was left strewn all over the circuit.
The Turkish driver reported over the team radio: “Steering went in the middle of the corner and I hit the wall.
“Steering went off.”
The FIA race director wasted no time in deploying the Safety Car as Guven was able to walk away from the incident under his own power.
It was the second Safety Car to be seen in this year’s edition of the iconic race, following a crash between Francesco Castellacchi and Gianmarco Levorato just before midnight.
Guven was luckily able to walk away unharmed Credit: 24hoursoflemans
This year marks the 94th edition of the endurance race, which is one of motorsport’s coveted Triple Crown alongside Formula One’s Monaco Grand Prix and IndyCar’s .
Kimi Antonelli dominated the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend to become the , beating seven-time world champion .
Meanwhile, the Indy 500 was won by Felix Rosenqvist by the just 0.0233 seconds in the closest finish in the 115-year history of the event.
The victory also earned the 34-year-old Swede the highest-ever payout seen in the series with a record £3.25million ($4.34m) prize.
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