SICKENING scenes played out in Italy with a driver lucky to survive after being involved in a high-speed crash around an ex-Formula One circuit Claudio Schiavoni miraculously escaped a fatal collision with the wall during the Four Hour Le Mans Series race at Mugello Circuit on Sunday. 10 A horror crash in the European Le Mans Series left a driver lucky to escape Credit: @EuropeanLMS 10 Claudio Schiavoni was in action in his Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R Credit: Rex 10 Following a safety car restart Schiavoni was leading a pack away down the back straight Credit: @EuropeanLMS 10 But his rear bumper was hit by Iron Dames driver Rahel Frey Credit: @EuropeanLMS 10 The Italian driver then went spinning into the wall Credit: @EuropeanLMS 10 The high-speed crash saw debris shoot all over the track Credit: @EuropeanLMS 10 Schiavoni's Porsche rebounded back onto the race track Credit: @EuropeanLMS 10 But rival drivers managed to take evasive measures to avoid him Credit: @EuropeanLMS Entering the third hour of the race, Schiavoni was leading a pack from Rahel Frey following a third safety car restart. However, Frey's No.
85 Iron Dames Porsche got too close down the back straight and hit the rear bumper of Schiavoni’s No. 60 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R. The knock caused Schiavoni to spin out of control and veer off to the right before hitting a barrier.
The Italian's car then rebounded back onto the track, with speeding rivals somehow managing to dodge the 63-year-old.