Newey hospitalised after crash
(eurosport.co.uk)
Updated: 2006-09-05 13:30 Red Bull Racing's chief
technical officer Adrian Newey spent the night in hospital after crashing
heavily in a historic sportscar event on Sunday.
Newey, 47, a keen amateur racer, was lapping slower traffic in his E-type
Jaguar during a practice session at the Goodwood revival meeting in England when
he left the track, spun across the grass and collided heavily with the wall.
Despite climbing out of the car without any assistance, the Englishman was
taken to a nearby hospital for checks.
As it was his second such crash in three months – he wrecked a Ford GT40 at
Spa-Francorchamps last Autumn – he was kept in for observation overnight.
Newey said: "I have no recollection of the event but I am told that we ended
up with three cars abreast while lapping a backmarker.
"I was on the outside and ended up being pushed out onto the grass. The
damage to the car is quite light but I must have hit my head on the rollbar.
"I felt a bit dazed in the ambulance and now I feel as though I have severe
jet lag."
IRL IndyCar star Dario Franchitti was taken to the same hospital as Newey
after he crashed his similar E-Type on the same day. Both were uninjured.
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