The team of Formula Three driver Sophia Floersch say the teen had an "angel on her shoulder" to survive her horror crash in Macau.
The 17-year-old German is currently having surgery on her fractured spine.
It's believed at the moment of impact she was travelling more than 275km/h.
Video footage showed Floersch appearing to clip Japanese driver Sho Tsuboi's car while hurtling off the track at high speed on a tight right-hand bend on lap four. Floersch's car then went through a catch fence, hit a structure on the perimeter and dropped to the ground with safety officials immediately on the scene.
The incident prompted an immediate red flag and a delay of more than an hour before the race was restarted.
In a statement posted on social media, motor sport's governing body FIA said; "the driver (Floersch) is conscious and has subsequently been taken to hospital for further evaluation."
It added that Tsuboi and "two members of the media and one marshal were also transferred to a local hospital in a conscious state for further evaluation."
Media reports said Tsuboi has lumbar pain.
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