Adrian Newey, the designer behind the current Red Bull RB6, has been hospitalised for precautionary measures following a crash in the Ginetta G50 series at Snetterton.
The 51-year-old was driving the guest car in the support race for the British Touring Car Championship in Norfolk.
Two cars collided with Newey, one of which, driven by Tony Hughes, burst into flames. The accident saw the race red-flagged whilst medical crews attended to the F1 car designer before removing him on a stretcher.
The incident comes during a four week break for Formula One, giving Newey plenty of recovery time.
Chairman of the Ginetta series, Lawrence Tomlinson, issued a statement confirming Newey, nor the other two drivers involved, hadn’t suffered any serious injuries.
“Adrian has been taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure after being clipped by Julien Draper of Barwell Motorsport which caused Tony Hughes of Speedworks to have a side on collision with Newey’s DynoJet car.
“It’s testament to the strength of the G50 roll cage that the car withstood heavy impact and there were no serious injuries,” added Tomlinson.
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