It is never good crashing at Eau Rouge, but this one was
pretty big. The incident happened on the 3rd lap of the GP2 feature race and
involved Ocean Racing's Nigel Melker. The 21 year old lost control mid-way
through the iconic corner. He tried to correct the mistake but ended up hitting
the barrier pretty heavily. The race, which was eventually won by Marcus
Ericsson, went under safety car conditions and was later stopped as work needed
to be done on the barriers. The race then went to restart but it was delayed
again because the medical helicopter, taking Melker to hospital, had not
returned.
The latest on Melker is that he is conscious and went to
hospital for mandatory check-ups.
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