Enzo Fittipaldi suffered a fractured heel within the crash firstly of Sunday’s System 2 race forward of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Fittipaldi, grandson of two-time System One champion Emerson, drove into the again of Theo Pourchaire’s automobile, which had stalled on the grid.

Each drivers have been instantly attended to by medical workers and have been acutely aware when extricated from their automobiles. They have been then taken by ambulance and helicopter to King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital in Jeddah.

Pietro Fittipaldi, Enzo’s brother, offered an replace on Twitter.

“Hey everybody thanks for all of the messages,” he wrote. “Enzo is awake/alert and resting on the hospital. He has a fracture in his proper heel however fortunately issues are a lot better than what all of us anticipated.

“Thanks to the FIA, the crew and all of the medical workers right here in Saudi Arabia.”

French teenager Pourchaire tweeted on Sunday evening that he was “globally tremendous,” including: “For the second I do not know if it is already the tip of the season for me.

“However crucial just isn’t that, that was a extremely large one and Enzo is injured. I want him one of the best restoration doable”.