F3 driver Floersch vows to return after injury


FILE PHOTO: Race personnel and pit crew are seen at the accident site after Sophia Floersch, a German driver of Van Amersfoort Racing flew over the barriers and crashed into a photographers' bunker at high speed, during a Formula Three race at the Macau Grand Prix, in Macau, China November 18, 2018. Mai Shangmin/CNS via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) - German Formula Three driver Sophia Floersch, who fractured her spine in an aerial crash at the Macau Grand Prix on Sunday, reassured fans on Tuesday that she was recovering well and vowed to return to the sport.

Floersch sustained the injury at the street circuit when her car flew off the track and into a photographers' bunker at high speed. Her Van Amersfoort Racing team said on Monday that doctors had ruled out fear of paralysis.

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