Updated: 'No fear of paralysis' for Flörsch after successful surgery
There is "no fear of paraly🌠sis" for Formula 3 driver Sophia Flörsch after undergoing♎ successful surgery on a spinal fracture.
The 17-year-old suffered the injury in a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:violent high-speed crash while competing in Sunday's prestigious FIA F3 World Cup Macau Grand Prix.&♑nbsp;
Doctors have since succesfully operated on the German, who is e🌺xpected to remain in 💮hospital for up to two weeks.
There is "no fear of paralysis" for Formula 3 driver Sophia Flörsch after undergoing successful surgery on a 🌠spinal fracture.
The 17-year-old suffered the injury in a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:violent high-speed crash while co✅mpeting in Sunday's prestigious FIA F3 World Cup Macau Grand Prix.
Doctors have since succesfully oﷺperated on the German, who is expected to remain in hospital for up to two weeks.
"Everything is working and everything is in order," Van Amersfoort Racing owner Frits van Amersfoort told the BBC.
"[Paralysis] wa♏s the main fear. That's why the operation had to be done quite quickly because there was a danger it [her spinal cord] could be🌳 damaged.
"We are extremely happy that she is now recovering and that everything went extremely well. Ther♔e's no fꦗear of paralysis whatsoever."
Battling for position on lap four, Flörsch clipped the back of rival Jehan Daruvala - a collision which destroyed the front and rear left suspension on her car and sent her hurtling out of contr🌼ol and over the kerbs at the tight right-hander at Lisboa.
Further contact was then made with Sho Tsuboi, with the resulting impact&nb🐎sp;catapulting Flörsch's car through the catch fencing before it struck a bunker station for photographers.
van Amersfoort said tဣhat Flörsch had an "angel on her shoulder" to survive the accident, with th🤡e team estimating she had been travelling at 276kmh (171.6mph).
Asked if he thinks Flörsch will 🐠return to racing, van Amersfoort replied: "I'm quite sure that Sophia will - after some time of course.
"Luckily enough winter is now beginning so she will havཧe time to recover and I am quite sure that she will be back.
"That's what the racing blood alw🥃ays d꧑oes - coming back because this is the sport we all love."
TOM'S driver Tsuboi and photographer Hiroyuki Minami have both been ♊discharged from hospital.
Fellow photographer, Chan Weng Wang, had a liver laceration, while marshal Chan Cha suffered a broken jaw and cuts. Both remain in hospital but are expected to be released in the coming d🐓ays.
Update:
Flörsch has released a new update via her personal Instagram account thanking well-wishers and the team supporting her recovery. She will continue to recover in hospital in Macau until ꦅshe is strong enough to fly home.
“I survived the oper🅺ation which took 11 hours well. Hope from now on it only gets better. I have to stay a few more days in Macau until I am transportable🏅,” she wrote. “I want to thank all of my fans for every single get-well wishes, which I now start reading. This really motivates me and gives me courage.
“My thoughts are also with everyone who was involved in the accident. I hope everybody is healthꦦy. At the accident were really nice people, which I still have in my mind. Thank you for all the encouraging, calming words in these tough minutes in my car.
“A real big thanks to the medical staff here in Macau for the friendly and professional treatment. A huge thank you to the local FIA rescue-team, Mercedes AMG F1, HWA, the FIA and their medical team in the background and the M𒁃acau GP organisation, who support me in the best way.
“Also a special thanks to Dr. Riccardo Ceccarelli and last but not least my Team Van Amersfoort Racing, Facu Regalia and Ferdinand Habsburg who all suffer with me - you are𝐆 phenomenal. I’m going to come back! By the way... Dallara has built a very stable chassis.”
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