⚠️ Accident ⚠️ 🇯🇵 2002 Japanese Grand Prix Car 25 🇬🇧 Allan McNish - Toyota TF102 V10 During Saturday afternoon qualifying, McNish was navigating Suzuka's fearsome, high-speed 130R corner traveling at approximately 170–175 mph.  Following a front anti-roll bar adjustment, his Toyota TF102 was much faster through the sweepers, but as he entered 130R, the car suddenly snapped into severe, uncontrollable oversteer.  Unable to catch the slide, McNish spun and went backwards through the protective metal barriers, punching completely through the fence and coming to a rest behind the barrier.  Medical Aftermath and Withdrawal Remarkably, considering the sheer ferocity of the shunt, McNish managed to climb out of the wreckage under his own power, though he was visibly shaken and sat on a nearby banking before being taken to the medical center.  Injuries: He suffered severe bruising, particularly to his right knee and leg, alongside heavy impact trauma.  The Decision: McNish initially tested his fitness and participated in the Sunday morning warm-up session. However, after consulting with FIA medical chief Professor Sid Watkins, it was decided he should be withdrawn from the race. Doctors were concerned about fluid accumulation in his calf and the physical risks of enduring a full 53-lap Grand Prix distance so soon after such a massive deceleration trauma.  McNish's crash—compounded by a similar high-speed accident at the same corner by Ricardo Zonta earlier that year—highlighted the extreme dangers of 130R. Following the 2002 events, circuit organizers heavily redesigned and re-profiled the 130R corner, altering the entry angle and expanding run-off areas to prevent cars from hitting barriers quite so directly at high speeds in the future. This was the last time Allan McNish would take part in F1. 🎥 @F1 #japan #toyota #cars #crash