The first day of the French SBK weekend gave a huge scare to all fans. Toprak's crash at the beginning of FP2, when he was on his first flying lap, really left everyone dumbfounded. The Turk lost the front end of his BMW under braking and the inertia and speed literally propelled him towards an inside wall of the escape route.
The impact was extremely violent and Toprak can consider himself lucky that he did not suffer far more serious consequences. After being transported to the hospital, he was diagnosed with a pneumothorax that automatically put him out of the French round, with hopes of returning to the race in Cremona. These are the best pictures from yesterday's day at Magny Cours.
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