Marc Gené flips his Peugeot 908 at pre-Le Mans test (vid)

[HeilSvenska]

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Marc Gene says he thought he was going to die when he crashed and rolled a Peugeot 908 HDi at Le Mans yesterday.

The former grand prix driver, who was sharing the No.7 car with Nicolas Minassian and Jacques Villeneuve in the test day for 24 Hours, spun and rolled into a barrier in the Porsche Curves, destroying the car and fracturing a toe.

"The truth is that I didn't think I would survive the accident," he said on his personal website. "This has been, without a doubt, the biggest crash of my career and it was a miracle that I walked away.

"I just want to thank Peugeot for building a car that saved my life. Now I'm only thinking about recovering and being ready for the race. We face a great challenge to rebuild the car but I trust Peugeot, who have supported me a lot since the accident."

Gene is expected to be fit to drive in the first qualifying session for the 24 Hours next Wednesday.

[5vz-fe]

Cockpit looks intact.....did he clip something before the flip?

[HeilSvenska]

^He's alright, although the car's a write-off. It looks like he just spun it, oncoming airflow got underneath the car somehow and just lifted it up, like in the freak accident that happened to Stephane Ortelli couple of months ago. He was going 167mph.

[philip]

Nasty when air gets under a car like that going that fast. Yeah looked like he wasnt going to make that one. Betcha he feels lucky.