[kellyhound]

The 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix was red flagged on lap 19 of 57 after a frightening looking accident involving McLaren’s Fernando Alonso and Haas’s Esteban Gutierrez.

Alonso was running immediately behind Gutierrez as the pair approached Turn 3 at speed, but made contact with the rear of the Mexican’s car as they entered the braking zone, sending the Spaniard into the left-hand wall.

As Gutierriez spun to a stop, Alonso was pitched into a barrel roll as he went side-on into the gravel. His car was then launched into the air, with its tub eventually coming to rest against the tyre wall at the rear of the gravel trap.

Despite the obvious severity of the accident, Alonso was able to clamber unaided from the wreckage, with Gutierrez also climbing from his car seemingly unharmed as the safety car was deployed.

Fernando has visited the medical centre and has been formally okayed by the doctors.

[spudigitti]

biggest one for a while he was lucky

[commondenom]

alonso is such a douche....he's like the casey stoner of F1

[FilRude]

Thanks to all the advancements in safety, the gruesome fatalities of the past are fortunately a rarer occurrence.

[The Krokodil]

The camera man was at the right spot!! Good video and thanks for sharing