A young German driver has died after a fatal accident at the Hockenheim circuit

The motorcyclist Troy Beinlich tragically lost his life this weekend after crashing while competing in the 1000km Racefoxxon the famous circuit, usually in Formula 1, of Hockenheimring in Germany.

The 21-year-old German driver He sustained fatal injuries as a result of an accident on Saturday, when he fell from his motorcycle and the two riders were unable to avoid hitting him.

The 271-lap race was canceled immediately and A rescue helicopter was flown to the pilot, along with police and emergency services.but Beinlich he died at the scene.

An investigation will now be carried out into what happened and the Mannheim Traffic Service will try to reconstruct the tragedy with an expert to determine the cause.

After the accident, the organization released an official statement in which it said: ‘Unfortunately, a serious accident happened during the race. Despite all the efforts of the emergency services and circuit security personnel, help came too late for the young driver. Out of respect for families and friends, we cannot and do not want to provide further details at this time. We ask for understanding and support from the family in grieving. We would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends.’

The race was first in the Deutscher Langstrecken Cup and became part of the German Endurance Cupbut after the incident all remaining races on Saturday were cancelled.

The Hockenheimring circuit It hosted the F1 Grand Prix from 1977 to 2006before it started taking over the Nurburgring.

however, The German Grand Prix has not been part of the F1 calendar since 2019.

After the tragic cancellation of the weekend, the next race of the German Endurance Cup will take place in May on Nurburgring.