WATCH: Formula One Driver Involved In Horrifying Crash

Amazingly, he walks away unharmed

During the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Formula One driver Fernando Alonso was involved in a crash that was equal parts terrifying and spectacular. We can say that because he walked away with barely a scratch on him, something that will be hard to believe when you watch this video:

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Alonso was traveling nearly 200 miles an hour when his right front tire clipped the left rear tire of Esteban Gutierrez. Alonso hit the wall, went airborne and flipped a few times before smacking in to another wall. When the car finally came to a stop Alonso shocked the relieved crowd by almost immediately getting out and walking away with only a slight limp.

Alonso said he's just fine and proceeded to describe the ordeal.

โ€œYou are not exactly aware where you are," said Alonso. "You are just flying and then you see the sky, the ground, the sky, the ground and you donโ€™t know.  Then I didnโ€™t know where I was because I was so far from the track. Everything happened slower than on the outside. You want to stop and it doesnโ€™t stop, it keeps going and going and going. It was quite scary.โ€

Scary for him, and scary for people watching ... including one particular fan who was immediately on the driver's mind.

โ€œWhen I stopped I saw a little space to get out of the car and I went out quickly just to make sure that my mum, who was watching the race on TV at home, could see that I was okay."

The race was stopped for 20 minutes to clean up pieces of the car from the track. Nico Rosberg ended up the winner.

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