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Macau Grand Prix: Sophia Floersch makes ‘emotional’ return to Guia circuit a year on from horror crash

  • Teenager drives HWA Racelab Formula Three car on team’s debut at new look track
  • Lisboa corner where German crashed one of a number of new safety measures for 66th year of grand prix

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German racing driver Sophia Floersch driving for HWA Racelab at the 2019 Macau Grand Prix’s first qualifying session. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

German teenager Sophia Floersch made an emotional return to the scene of her dramatic crash a year on at the 66th Macau Grand Prix on Thursday.

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Driving the HWA Racelab No18 car, the 18-year-old took to the track during Thursday morning’s practice session and then in the Suncity Group Formula 3 Grand Prix qualifying session in the afternoon.

She described her return to the track as a “very, very emotional moment” in a Tweet after driving in the practice session.

That tweet also thanked her teams and partners for past and future support.

She had revealed her desire to drive in Macau on social media in October but her return to the famous street circuit was only confirmed this month after she received last-minute funding.
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