A major incident has taken place during W Series qualifying. At least six cars were involved in a crash at Eau Rouge.
There was an immediate red flag. The drivers involved include Fabienne Wohlwend, Beitske Visser, Sarah Moore, Abbie Eaton, Ayla Agren and Belen Garcia. According to those present, Wohlwend and Moore are back in the pitlane.
Ted Kravitz announced on Sky Sports that the track has been cleared and the barriers have been checked. More information on the drivers will follow soon, but for now qualifying is back on.
Updates will follow soon
Eau Rouge can only be taken flat out in present day F1 cars because of the tremendous downforce that they generate. When cars from other categories, such as Formula W or F2 tries to do the same, they become unstable because of the camber of the corner and gets into high speed crashes.
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