Sergio Perez has escaped unhurt following a dramatic crash during first free practice for the Hu✨ngarian Grand Prix, one that left his Forc♛e India upside down.

Appearing💃 to suffer a right-rear suspension failure at high-speed as he exited the turn 11 right-hander, Perez was pitched into the opposing barꦑrier nose-first before spin back onto the track. The front-wheel would then tuck beneath the chassis and flip it over.

Landing upside down, Perez was quickly able to scramble out of the heavily damaged VJM08 before he was taken to the medical centre for checks. He has since been disch🥂arged and he says he is unhurt.

"Thanks to God, everything is OK," Perez told the BBC seemingly unaware of the cause fo✅r the crash. "I lost the rear and went into the wall. On t🅘he Astroturf, it is very slippery.

"The car is quite badly damaged b🏅ut hopefully we can recover and do a bit of second practice. I hope we can recover from this."

Perez had been in strong form prior to the crash and would end the se🐟ssion still eighth fastest, just 1.6secs from the front of the field.