Yuhi Sekiguchi says he feels like he was protected from a head injury by the halo in the multi-car crash that took place on the opening lap of the Motegi Super Formula race.
Speaking to media post-race, the Impul driver expressed his gratitude to the halo cockpit protection device, standard in Super Formula since 2019, for allowing him to emerge unscathed.
"I tried to swerve and slow down, but the car went the opposite way to what I had predicted. When I tried to slow down, I was hit from behind [by Makino], and I hit the Red Bull car. "I was able to get out of the car through sheer adrenaline, but it's already been a couple of hours, so it's probably fine, but I'll sleep on it tonight and see how I feel in the morning."The other driver involved in the first-lap crash was Nobuharu Matsushita, who like Sekiguchi was able to walk away from the incident.
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