German driver Sophia Floersch recognised for overcoming horrific 2018 crash in Macau

February 18, 2020

The world was stunned by the images of the 19-year-old flying off the racetrack in Macau back in 2018, with many thinking it would end her career.

German motor racing driver Sophia Floersch has been recognised for overcoming a horrific crash, which many thought would end her career.

The world was stunned by the images of the 19-year-old flying off the race track in Macau back in 2018.

After 17 hours of surgery on her fractured spine she was back racing in less than a year, a comeback acknowledged at the Laureus Awards in Berlin.

Sophia Floersch, 17, is undergoing spinal surgery after the horror smash in Macau.

“For me in the car it didn’t feel that bad. I remember everything. It was hard times but for me I always had the goal to come back, to come back in a race car, which was happening 106 days later,” she told the crowd.

The Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks won team of the year at the event attended by some of the biggest names in international sport.

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