Team Releases Video of Deltawing Crash from Petit Le Mans

The DeltawingNissan DeltaWingJapan, 2012 > present19 photos
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was in a crash during practice on October 17 for Petit Le Mans near the end of one the day's practice sessions. The first reports of the crash came from the team saying that driver Gunnar Jeanette had been in a crash with a GTC Porsche, and the Deltawing had flipped. Jeanette was not injured and walked away from the crash. 

Due to the wonders of modern technology, Nissan has produced a video showing the crash not only from the Deltawing's perspective but from the #37 Conquest Endurance Morgan NissanOAK Racing Morgan NissanFrance, 2012 > present1 photo
that was following. Plus, it is in HD.

The crash is pretty frightening. The cars were coming to the 11th corner; the Deltawing was setting up for a pass on the inside of the corner. The #34 Green Hornet Racing Porsche GT3 CupPorsche 911 GT3 CupGermany, 2010 > present12 photos
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cuts sharply to the right and hits the Deltawing. It flips and rides across the track until it hits the grass and flips back over. Jeanette starts shaking his hands at the Porsche, which was able to drive away. 

In pictures, the damage to the Deltawing appears to be fairly substantial. The Highcroft Racing team has been posting pictures on their twitter showing the team working through the night to repair the car for the race on Saturday.

Below the video, I posted comments that Jeanette had following the crash. He seems to be in very good spirits.