American driver Logan Sargeant jumped out of his burning Williams following a heavy crash in final practice for the Dutch Grand Prix.
Sargeant, 23, lost control of his car through the banked third corner in the wet conditions in Zandvoort before rebounding off the barrier and back on to the track.
Sargeant suffered extensive damage to his car – as his right-rear tyre came loose and bounced along the asphalt – before it suddenly caught fire.
“The car is on fire,” race engineer Gaetan Jago warned his Formula One driver on the radio. “Jump out. The car is on fire.”
He was taken to the medical centre for precautionary checks and is a major doubt to take part in qualifying – which gets under way at 3pm local time (2pm BST) – following the damage sustained to his car in the accident.
“Logan has been (to the medical centre) and is fine,” said a Williams spokesperson.
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George Russell was one of the first drivers on the scene. Russell immediately gestured to Sargeant to get out as smoke billowed from the rear of his machine.
“He is on fire,” said Russell over the radio. “He needs to jump out.”
Sargeant emerged from his wrecked machine before slumping over the barriers.
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The running was red-flagged as repairs were carried out to the barriers.
It’s the latest in a series of crashes for F1’s only American driver. Sargeant crashed at the Canadian Grand Prix in June and collided with Kevin Magnussen at the Miami Grand Prix in May. He also crashed in practice for the Japanese Grand Prix in April.
Sargeant is being replaced at Williams by Carlos Sainz Jr. for 2025. Qualifying is later Saturday for the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday.