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Perez walks away from big crash in Hungary

Sergio Perez has walked away from a big accident during first practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Exiting Turn 11, Perez was running wide on the kerb when the right rear corner of the car suffered some form of failure. The problem pitched Perez sideways, sliding in to the barrier at high speed. The front of the car was damaged against the barrier, with the front right tyre then folding under the car and causing it to roll.

Perez came to rest upside down with the car heavily damaged, but was able to climb out unaided as the session was red flagged. Following a brief visit to the medical centre, Perez was soon back in the Force India garage and waved to the crowd in the main grandstand as he walked back.

The opening practice session was delayed for 16 minutes while the barrier was repaired and Perez's car was returned to Force India for further investigations and repairs.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.