The brave 18-year-old racing car driver underwent 11 hours of surgery and returned to the track four months later
The German teen who survived a terrfying crash at last year's Macau Grand Prix hopes to return to the race.
The motor racing world was shocked when Sophia Floersch’s Van Amersfoort Formula Three car flew off the track at 276km/h before smashing a photographer’s bunker during the race last year.
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Incredibly, the brave 18-year-old German was back in her car four months after undergoing 11 hours of surgery to repair several spinal fractures, and she told fans on social media of her desire to return to the famous 6.2km Guia circuit.
“I really want to go to Macau GP 2019,” she tweeted last week. She also teased fans by saying she had a big announcement to make and invited fans to guess what it was but the tweet has since been removed.
Floersch is currently competing in the inaugural Formula Regional European Championship. She is in sixth place overall in the drivers’ standings in the competition for Formula Three drivers.
The Van Amersfoort team are expected to announce their line up for Macau and Floersch could make the cut for the 66th running of the Macau Grand Prix set for the weekend of November 16-17. Last year, Van Amersfoort sent three drivers to Macau and it remains to be seen whether the Netherlands-based team will send all four drivers who are competing in the Formula Regional European Championship next month.