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No. 100 Ferrari and No. 101 McLaren annihilated in separate accidents during Spa 24

Four safety cars have been deployed in succession at Spa as absolute carnage unfolds on the track.

Trouble for #85 HTP Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG GT3: Lucas Wolf, Sergei Afanasiev, Stef Dusseldorp

Trouble for #85 HTP Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG GT3: Lucas Wolf, Sergei Afanasiev, Stef Dusseldorp

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#100 SMP Racing Russian Bears Ferrari 458 Italia: Vyacheslav Maleev, Roman Mavlanov, Daniel Zampieri
#100 SMP Racing Russian Bears Ferrari 458 Italia: Vyacheslav Maleev, Roman Mavlanov, Daniel Zampieri
#101 Von Ryan Racing McLaren MP4-12C: Tim Mullen, Rob Bell, Shane van Gisbergen
#100 SMP Racing Russian Bears Ferrari 458 Italia: Vyacheslav Maleev, Roman Mavlanov, Daniel Zampieri
#15 Boutsen Ginion McLaren MP4-12C: Karim Ojjeh, Olivier Grotz, Frederic Vervisch, Giorgio Pantano
#15 Boutsen Ginion McLaren MP4-12C: Karim Ojjeh, Olivier Grotz, Frederic Vervisch, Giorgio Pantano
#15 Boutsen Ginion McLaren MP4-12C: Karim Ojjeh, Olivier Grotz, Frederic Vervisch, Giorgio Pantano
#15 Boutsen Ginion McLaren MP4-12C: Karim Ojjeh, Olivier Grotz, Frederic Vervisch, Giorgio Pantano
#85 HTP Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG GT3: Lucas Wolf, Sergei Afanasiev, Stef Dusseldorp
#50 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia: Andrew Danyliw, Simon Knap, Andrea Sonvico
#101 Von Ryan Racing McLaren MP4-12C: Tim Mullen, Rob Bell, Shane van Gisbergen
#85 HTP Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG GT3: Lucas Wolf, Sergei Afanasiev, Stef Dusseldorp
#101 Von Ryan Racing McLaren MP4-12C: Tim Mullen, Rob Bell, Shane van Gisbergen

Two hours into the legendary endurance race, absolute chaos has ensued. At the top of Eau Rouge, the No. 100 SMP Racing Ferrari, piloted by Vyacheslav Maleev, got up on the curbs and lost control. He overcorrected and went careening into the tire barrier head-on.

 

The car partially disintegrated and ricocheted back across the course and into oncoming traffic. A couple cars were forced into evasive maneuvers in order to avoid a direct hit with the stricken car. Maleev emerged from the mangled wreckage and seemingly unharmed.

Once the race resumed, another massive crash immediately took place. The No. 101 McLaren of Tim Mullen was the driver involved in this incident. He spun at Blanchimont and the car, like the Ferrari, partially disintegrated on impact.

Mullen was taken to a local hospital for precautionary checks, but may have a concussion.

As the race went green again, Karim Ojjeh in the No. 15 Mclaren went flying backwards into the tire barriers at the top of Eau Rogue, the same place the Ferrari hit. He quickly got out of the car. More cars including the No. 85 Mercedes and No. 66 BMW were involved in incidents at the same time.

 

Yes, another wreck. The No. 107 Aston Martin, No. 458 Ferrari, No. 16 McLaren, No. 85 Mercedes, and No. 50 Ferrari have just been involved in a multi-car accident at Raidillon. It started when the No. 50 spun out of Eau Rouge before getting struck by multple cars.

 

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