Ollie Bearman suffers knee injury in huge 50G crash at F1 Japanese GP

Ollie Bearman has injured his knee but avoided fractures in a huge 50G crash during Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix. 

The Haas driver suffered a massive crash at Spoon Curve on lap 22 of Sunday's race at Suzuka when he took evasive action to avoid Alpine's Franco Colapinto. 

Bearman appeared to be caught out by huge closing speeds as he ran across the grass and lost control of his car, before spinning off into the barriers at high-speed. 

The Briton was going 45kph faster than Colapinto when he caught the back of the Alpine driver. 

Bearman was seen limping away from the scene of his wrecked Haas and seemed to have hurt his right ankle. 

After a visit to the circuit's medical centre, Haas provided an update on the condition of its driver, confirming Bearman had not suffered any fractures and is "alert" and "communicating".  

"Update on Bearman. 50G impact - has had x-ray at Medical Centre. No fractures - a right knee contusion following the impact," Haas said in a statement. 

The incident was looked at by the stewards, who decided to take no further action, deciding an investigation was not necessary.