Mark Webber was a relieved man after surviving a 190mph smash at the European Grand Prix.
Webber was sent airborne after crashing into the back of the Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen on the fastest part of the Valencia street circuit.Spectacular on-board footage captured the moment as Webber hurtled into Kovalainen, the force of the impact flipping up the Australian and somersaulting him through the air.Webber's Red Bull initially landed upside down on its nose before momentum sent it bouncing off the track onto the rear of the car, eventually righting itself.A 100-metre slide into a tyre barrier followed, with Webber pinging back off it like a rubber ball and eventually coming to rest.
Within seconds Webber was throwing his steering wheel out of the car and removing his HANS device, a clear sign he was unharmed.
"I knew as soon as it happened that I was involved in a huge crash, that I was just a passenger," said Webber. "Headline stuff was going through my head when I was in the air, but that's the game we're in and some days that happens.
"I lost some points, but in the end when you're up there, you're not worried about points. I was worried that I was going to be okay, ready for Silverstone, and other than a few scratches and bruises, I will be.
"You cannot control where you are going and how hard the hits are going to be, and of course the hits were pretty hard. I was worried about hitting a bridge or something in the air. I knew I was a long way up. Fortunately, the first was not too hard. It was okay because I had a massive forward momentum, so that was good.
"I remain incredibly positive. We go on, it's halfway through the championship, so bloody hell, let's get on with it."
The chassis was the one in which Webber won his races in Monaco and Barcelona, and he added: "It has been good to me, and it was good to me as it saved me from some injures."
