Valencia, Feb 24: Actor Ajith Kumar, who is currently racing in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe, was involved in two car crashes during the high-speed racing event in the Spanish city of Valencia.Ajith’s manager Suresh Chandra shared the news on social media platform X, posting a video which captured the moment when the actor’s car rear-ended another racer’s vehicle and flipped multiple times before coming to a halt. The 53-year-old actor, who owns the racing team Ajith Kumar Racing, escaped unscathed.
Chandra said Ajith completed the fifth round of the race without incident and finished in 14th place. “Round 6 was unfortunate. Crashed 2 times due to other cars. The annexes video clearly shows that he was not in fault. First time despite of crash he got back into pit and was doing well.
“When second time again crash happened and he toppled twice. His perseverance is stronger and he comes out unscathed again to continue the race. Thanks for the all the prayers of concern and wishes. AK is all right,” Chandra said.
Ajith will be seen behind the wheel next week at Barcelona when he takes part in the 7th and 8th round of the Porsche Sprint Challenge.
Last month, the actor narrowly escaped unhurt after crashing his car during a practice session for the Dubai 24 Hours race. His team finished the event at the third spot.
On the work front, Ajith Kumar’s ‘Good Bad Ugly’ is set to release on April 10.
The makers of the film released a glimpse of Trisha’s role from the film and introduced her character as Ramya on Saturday.