A deer that wandered from nearby woods onto the race track at the Oesterreichring race course in Zeltweg, Austria, during practice runs yesterday for the Austrian Grand Prix tomorrow was struck head-on and killed by a Formula One car driven by Stefan Johansson of Sweden. Although the car burst into flames and repeatedly hit the barrier while skidding down the track after the accident, the driver of the McLaren-TAG racer was not injured.
''The deer was walking around there for 10 minutes and no yellow flag went up,'' Johansson said afterward. ''They should have stopped practice.'' Johansson, using a backup car for his official qualifying attempt, placed 14th with a speed of 145.342 miles an hour. Nelson Piquet of Brazil was first with an average speed of 159.457 m.p.h.
Pic from LeMans - Hawiian Tropic girls in pits village shop
