Rob Huff was left feeling ‘bruised’ after a huge quintuple roll in the opening TCR International Series race at the Salzburgring, which has ‘completely destroyed’ the Leopard Racing driver’s car.
Huff had started the race from the back of the grid due to an engine change penalty and was working his way through the field when the shunt happened as a result of a puncture.
It pitched the Brit at high-speed into the barriers at the Fahrerlagerkurve, causing the Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR to flip over before landing back in the circuit.
“The safety car had just come out, but before the team had a chance to tell me, the tyre just went and it sent me into the barriers,” explained Huff.
“It’s a testament to the strength of these cars that I’m not injured, beyond a bruise from where I hit my arm on the roll cage.
“We knew the front left tyres were going to be an issue here, so we went with a safe set-up so I’m surprised it happened.
We didn’t push too hard on the warm up lap or the first few laps, as we didn’t need to; my focus was on race two where I had a good grid position, but unfortunately what we tried didn’t seem to work.”
Leopard Racing are trying to source a replacement chassis in time for the next round of the championship, which takes place at the Hungaroring this weekend.