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Van Amersfoort: No fear of paralysis for Florsch

Teenage Formula 3  driver Sophia Floersch has had a successful surgery with “no fear of paralysis” after her death-defying crash at the Macau Grand Prix, her team boss said on Monday. Floersch, a 17-year-old German race driver, suffered a spinal fracture at the street circuit on Sunday when her car catapulted off the track and into a photographers’ bunker while travelling at more than 275 km per hour (171 mph). “Everything is working and everything is in order,” team boss Frits Van Amersfoort told the BBC. “[Paralysis] was the main fear. That’s why the operation had to be done quite quickly because there was a danger it [the spinal cord] could be damaged. “We are extremely...
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