Photo: Hugo Valente

Video: Hugo Valente crashes during testing at Paul Ricard

Campos Racing driver Hugo Valente crashed his TC1 specification Chevrolet Cruze during a private test session at Paul Ricard in France yesterday.

The Frenchman crashed as a wheel came off, sending the Chevrolet into the barriers at high speed with major front-end damage to the car, but fortunately without injuries for Valente.

”The wheel came off and I couldn’t stop the car. Luckily I am fine and this is not the car I will be using in Argentina next week!” wrote Valente on his Facebook page.

Valente drove Campos Racing’s test car, meaning that the crash has no effect on the Frenchman’s start in the 2015 WTCC premiere in Argentina next weekend.