[kellyhound]

Alex Lynn’s Mahindra backflipped in a similar manner to Mark Webber’s 2010 Valencia Formula 1 crash in the massive Diriyah Formula E accident.

Lynn was discharged from hospital on Saturday night and is currently on his way back to the UK.

He has no significant injuries from the incident, which caused the second round of the 2021 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season to be halted and was regarded by some drivers as the biggest crash in series’ history so far.

Lynn was fighting with Mitch Evans for 14th position when the two came into contact before the braking zone for the Turn 18 complex.

Brief footage seen by The Race and subsequently released by Formula E suggests the Mahindra rode over the back of Evans’ Jaguar and became almost perpendicular to the track, flying close to the wall and debris fence.

It then landed on its side and slid along the track for a considerable distance on its rollover structure before slamming into a tecpro barrier, which shifted the retaining wall back several metres.

The comparable Webber crash occurred when the Red Bull driver went flying over the back of Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus during the 2010 European Grand Prix.

Speaking about the incident for the first time, Mahindra team principal Dilbagh Gill told The Race that the accident “completely destroyed the car” and that the FIA mandated halo contributed “considerably to his [Lynn’s] safety.”

“The car is a 100% write-off,” Gill told The Race. “The tub is smashed, the roll hoop is damaged and the halo is dented and scratched deeply.”

The car was released back to Mahindra once it was ascertained Lynn was uninjured and it will be transported back to the team’s UK base next week.

[philovan]

Well, that will teach him to try passing on the right!